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Finding My Purpose
Family
Wellness
DIY
Books
Travel
Recipes
Give Back
Loss
Work
About
Contact
Family
Wellness
DIY
Books
Travel
Recipes
Give Back
Loss
Work
About
Contact
“Mom, do you not like being a parent?”
Children, Development, Family, Health & Wellness, Purposeful Home Elizabeth Gerlach 2/19/20 Children, Development, Family, Health & Wellness, Purposeful Home Elizabeth Gerlach 2/19/20

“Mom, do you not like being a parent?”

This was the simple question from my young son as I was helping him in the shower one night… simply trying to get him to rinse the shampoo out of his hair, for what felt like the millionth time.

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Letter To My Daughter.
Children, Development, Family, Making Memories Elizabeth Gerlach 2/7/20 Children, Development, Family, Making Memories Elizabeth Gerlach 2/7/20

Letter To My Daughter.

Dear daughter. I love you more than you know.

These days, when I hear ‘you don’t like me,’ it quickly breaks my heart into a thousand pieces.

Why do you say that? And what have I ever done to make you feel that I don’t like you?

When you are sick, I want to make you well.

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Development, Children, Family, Special Needs Elizabeth Gerlach 5/3/19 Development, Children, Family, Special Needs Elizabeth Gerlach 5/3/19

All Emotions of the IEP.

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Finding the Reason .. Three Years Later
Grief, Loss, Family, Special Needs Elizabeth Gerlach 4/25/19 Grief, Loss, Family, Special Needs Elizabeth Gerlach 4/25/19

Finding the Reason .. Three Years Later

I received a call from the PICU around 10:30pm saying that Benjamin had an ‘episode’ and I should come to the hospital as soon as I could. My husband was actually already on his way. I had been in Ben’s room all day, and Rob and I were doing a shift change. He would stay overnight.

It was a Monday.

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New Children's Book Releasing This Summer!
Children, Books, Education, Family Elizabeth Gerlach 3/31/19 Children, Books, Education, Family Elizabeth Gerlach 3/31/19

New Children's Book Releasing This Summer!

When I started thinking about developing a children’s book series late 2017, I jotted down a list of possible stories and where I thought it might go. And I knew I wanted it to reflect and pull from our own experiences as a family and Ben’s personal experiences, honoring him and his time here.

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“ Know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross”

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