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2 days ago
6 min

Pandemic Fatigue

If you’re anything like me, the first week back to work and school after the holidays carries some big expectations with it. After loungi...

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Kimberly Wyse

Jan 9
6 min

Great Expectations for 2021

In 2020, I made a commitment to take my success in hand. No more waiting for fate to bring things to pass! We know how that turned out...

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Kimberly Wyse

Dec 2, 2020
4 min

Smile, or You're in Big Trouble

There's so many unspoken truths that are signaled by these family photos, but all you may see is our well-coordinated outfits and smiles.

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Kimberly Wyse

Nov 18, 2020
4 min

You Don't Have to Work so Hard

"Mommy, you don't have to work so hard." The words in my 7-year-old daughter's handwriting are emblazoned in my mind now. She randomly ma...

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Kimberly Wyse

Sep 8, 2020
3 min

Book Trailer Video

I read about book trailer videos a couple years ago when I first started writing my book. As I looked into them, I thought I'd throw up.

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Kimberly Wyse

Aug 25, 2020
2 min

Back to School!

After FIVE LONG MONTHS of quarantine, my kids went back to school last week! All three of them! It's been such a difficult decision.

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Kimberly Wyse

Aug 5, 2020
4 min

Mama, Are You Doing Okay?

I made my husband take a picture. Then I posted it on IG with a reminder that I'm grateful. I wasn't feeling grateful though.

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Kimberly Wyse

Aug 1, 2020
3 min

When It Feels Selfish

I hear you, asking yourself if it's safe to go out now. Watching the numbers. Weighing the value of your mental health vs physical health.

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Kimberly Wyse

Jun 17, 2020
3 min

The Breaking of a Family

Extreme stress & exhaustion from the fight to save a child's life while trying to care for other children can lead to troubling things

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Kimberly Wyse

Jun 3, 2020
3 min

It's Time!

One of the things I talk about in the audiobook is my unknown bias against people with Down syndrome and their families.

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Kimberly Wyse

May 13, 2020
2 min

Don’t Crash and Burn

A few weeks ago, I told my therapist that I wanted to do something like bake cookies and deliver them to my friend’s front porches.

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After the Crisis: Parenting in Times of Peace

Kimberly Wyse

Aug 21, 2019
4 min

After the Crisis: Parenting in Times of Peace

As the parent of a medically-complicated child, or a child with greater needs than most, we go through seasons where things are intense.

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Kimberly Wyse

Jun 19, 2019
3 min

What Do My Children See?

Thinking through the messages we send our children about worshiping God.

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Kimberly Wyse

Feb 25, 2019
3 min

Be The Change

Setting healthy boundaries may be the hardest relational thing we ever do, but it’s also one of the most loving things we do.

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To the Mom Whose Baby Just Received a Down Syndrome Diagnosis

Kimberly Wyse

Feb 14, 2019
3 min

To the Mom Whose Baby Just Received a Down Syndrome Diagnosis

When I found out my son had Down syndrome, I was in shock. It felt like the whole world went dark and my life was over.

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Lord, Have Mercy: A Response to the new New York State Abortion Bill

Kimberly Wyse

Jan 24, 2019
4 min

Lord, Have Mercy: A Response to the new New York State Abortion Bill

I was warned every time of the high, higher, and highest likelihood of birth defects in my babies.

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Kimberly Wyse

Oct 27, 2018
4 min

That Time I Didn't Fail...

My kindergartener is a little like her mommy. Before school started, my husband and I agreed that we wouldn’t come down on her too hard...

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Will God Give You More Than You Can Bear?

Kimberly Wyse

Sep 24, 2018
3 min

Will God Give You More Than You Can Bear?

When I was trying to wrap my mind around the words I’d been told about my newborn son, it was more than I could bear.

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Kimberly Wyse

Sep 11, 2018
9 min

Did God Give My Child Down Syndrome?

My Dad used to love to “tackle the waves” with me when I was a kid.

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I Didn’t Know it Would be This Hard to be a Mother

Kimberly Wyse

Sep 6, 2018
8 min

I Didn’t Know it Would be This Hard to be a Mother

I knew there would be hard days, but I had no idea just how far beyond myself those days would take me.

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