Category: Words to Hallie

• Storm is Coming

  

  Dear Hallie, I love books! And there is nothing quite like sharing good books with the people I love, especially my children! I still have a basket full of our favorite board books (including Snuggle Puppy and Pajama Time) waiting to be read to my grandchildren. No hurries, please! As my babies got a little…

  Laura Spaulding

  August 21, 2025

  Family and Faith, Individualized Parenting and Education, Learning Differences and Disabilities, Parenting Teenagers, Unity in Diversity, Words to Hallie

• More to the Story

  

  Dear Hallie, I can’t believe we’ve managed to keep you alive for 16 years. I believed I was a great mom until you were born, realizing I just had two somewhat predictable children before you – your older sister eager to impress and your older brother eager for peace. You were born the unpredictable third…

  Laura Spaulding

  July 10, 2023

  Family and Faith, Individualized Parenting and Education, Learning Differences and Disabilities, Parenting Teenagers, Unity in Diversity, Words to Hallie

  autism, Children, daughters, Education, Family, grace, high school, joy, mothers, Parenting, teenagers

• It’s Not That Deep

  

  Dear Hallie, Today is Mother’s Day and just like every other second Sunday in May for the last ten years, I find myself experiencing a tidal wave of grief mingled gladness. It’s difficult to believe I’ve survived ten Mother’s Days without my mom around to share in the joys and burdens of my own motherhood…

  Laura Spaulding

  May 8, 2022

  Family and Faith, Learning and Healing Through Nature and Creation, Parenting Teenagers, Parenting through Grief, Trauma, and Loss, Words to Hallie

  Faith, Family, gardening, grace, grandparents, Grief, high school, joy, mothers day, Parenting, teenagers

• Sycamore Trees

  

  Dear Hallie, I feel sorry for everyone who has never discovered the intense magic and utter delight of a soak in a hot bath. There is nothing for me this side of heaven that quite compares to the sensation that spreads as I sink down and let the water engulf me. And then even after…

  Laura Spaulding

  March 7, 2021

  Family and Faith, Individualized Parenting and Education, Learning and Healing Through Nature and Creation, Learning Differences and Disabilities, Parenting through Grief, Trauma, and Loss, Words to Hallie

  beauty, childhood, Children, covid19, Faith, grace, growing up, joy, learning differences, Learning Disabilities, middle school, motherhood, Parenting, teenagers

• Charm Bracelets

  

  Dear Hallie, When I was in the fourth grade, I sold enough Girl Scout cookies to win the custom-made, sterling silver, James Avery, puppy dog charm. This was back when the awards were special enough to motivate the selling of a ridiculous number of cookies. Turns out the hours of door-to-door selling followed by more…

  Laura Spaulding

  June 22, 2019

  Family and Faith, Learning Differences and Disabilities, Parenting through Grief, Trauma, and Loss, Unity in Diversity, Words to Hallie

  cerebral palsy, Children, Disability, Faith, Family, flooding, friendship, grace, Grief, Parenting