{"id":7320,"date":"2013-12-20T14:40:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T20:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/?p=7320"},"modified":"2013-12-20T16:00:49","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T22:00:49","slug":"year-in-review-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/closed\/2013\/year-in-review-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know we are a good 2 weeks away from the new year but I&#8217;m done. So many thoughts swim in my head and I never manage to get them down. It doesn&#8217;t matter how desperately I want too, I just can&#8217;t find the words.<\/p>\n<p>I want to bring 2013 to a close and start fresh.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve made a few subtle changes, you may or many not have noticed.<\/p>\n<p>I took off the popular post widget and added a MY FAVORITES link.<\/p>\n<p>I will be changing that regularly and continuously trying to improve it.<\/p>\n<p>If your new here you may have missed some of my posts earlier in the year and you may have missed BLOG EVERY DAY IN MAY.<\/p>\n<p>The following are my favorite or most important posts from the past year.<\/p>\n<p>I am thrilled I went through and picked these because I realized I do have SOME quality writing on here. It&#8217;s not all about clothes and fly by updates.<\/p>\n<p>I plan to go back and make one of these for every year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/year-in-review-2013\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7327\" alt=\"2013review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/2013review.jpg\" width=\"461\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/2013review.jpg 576w, http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/2013review-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/2013review-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/2013review-75x75.jpg 75w, http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/2013review-110x110.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">January<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/5787\/\" target=\"_blank\">How NOT to offer someone help<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/ifly\/\" target=\"_blank\">Our first time visiting ifly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/teachtogive\/\" target=\"_blank\">Teaching my boys to give<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/breaking-the-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\">Breaking the Rules<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">February<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/paths-of-exploration-revie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paths of exploration Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/quiet-time\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quiet time during a 2 week business trip<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">March<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/trouble-in-paradise\/\" target=\"_blank\">When you want to give up<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/trouble-in-paradise\/\" target=\"_blank\">on homeschooling<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/adventures-at-aquatica\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adventures at Aquatica\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/he-left-my-what-where\/\" target=\"_blank\">The time my husband left my chair in the street<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">April<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/our-visit-to-the-sandy-turtle-in-port-aransas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Port Aransas for Spring Break<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/i-was-published\/\">I was published<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">May<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/05\/\">BLOG EVERY DAY IN MY challenge!! Yes, I completed it!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are a few favorites &#8230; or rather about half of the challenge. I&#8217;m not good at picking.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/letting-go\/\">Letting Go<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/something-someone-told-you-abut-yourself\/\" target=\"_blank\">something someone told you about yourself<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/have-you-read-my-faqs-lately\/\" target=\"_blank\">Have you read my FAQs lately?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/struggle-blog-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\">WHY my husband is a better parent than I am<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/a-story-from-my-childhood\/\" target=\"_blank\">Story from my childhood (when my sister died)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/harships\/\" target=\"_blank\">Do you let hardships overcome you?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/a-day-in-my-life\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Day in my life in pictures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/10-things-that-make-me-really-happy\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 Random\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ee;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">things that make me really happy<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/issue-a-public-apology-funny-or-serious\/\" target=\"_blank\">A public apology or HOW does someone in a wheelchair take THREE kids to the bathroom all at once<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/what-do-you-miss\/\" target=\"_blank\">What do you miss?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/piece-of-advice-for-others\/\" target=\"_blank\">Piece of advice for others : When you kid asks about my wheelchair (Psst: LET HIM!!)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/lucas-turn-5-today\/\" target=\"_blank\">My baby is 5 AND a REALLY late and scary birth story\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/my-life-in-250-words-or-less\/\" target=\"_blank\">My life in 250 words (or less?)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">June<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/my-baby-is-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">My Baby is 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/nathans-first-hair-cut\/\">Nathan&#8217;s first hair cut\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/what-i-learned-at-adventurecon-and-seaworld\/\">What I learned at AdventureCon and Sea World<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/i-will-never\/\">I will never .. thoughts on not having more babies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/6-random-things-about-us\/\">6 random things about us (husband and I)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/our-summer-bucket-list\/\">Our Summer Bucket List and one of my most pinned downloads (we did NOT check much off our list&#8230;)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/vacuum-from-a-wheelchair-part-2\/\">Vacuum from a wheelchair &#8212; one of the biggest google searches that lands people on the blog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/vacuum-from-a-wheelchair-part-2\/\">\u00a0<\/a>July<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>My 5 Year old&#8217;s tonsillectomy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/yearoldstonsillectomypart1\/\">Part 1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/5-year-olds-tonsillectomy-part-2\/\">Part 2<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/tonsillectomy-part-3\/\">Part 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/surgery-and-a-broken-foot\/\">Surgery AND A BROKEN FOOT!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/transformers-filmed-by-my-house\/\">Transformers filmed by my house<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/new-kitties\/\">New kitties<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">August<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/rain-gutter-regatta\/\">Raingutter Regatta\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/golden-tote-review\/\">Golden Tote Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/nathans-room\/\">House Tour: Nathan&#8217;s Room<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/if-only-jenni-were-my-neighbor-and-bff\/\">If only Jenni Dawson were my neighbor (I&#8217;d be a wildly successful fashion blogger!)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/5-year-olds-tonsillectomy-part-4\/\">Tonsillectomy Part\u00a04<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/paraplegics-and-cribs\/\">Paraplegics and cribs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">September<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/i-get-to-meet-clinton-kelly\/\">I get to meet Clinton Kelly and my husband&#8217;s Birthday Dinner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/gno-with-clinton-kelly-macys\/\">GNO with Clinton Kelly and MAcys\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/blogtember-life-took-a-turn\/\">When my life took a turn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/always-kiss-goodnight\/\">Marriage advice: Always kiss goodnight<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/neutral-with-booties\/\">shorts with booties: an outfit post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/blogtember-where-i-come-from\/\">Where I come from (hometown and my parents)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">October<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchairmommy.com\/2013\/homemade-laundry-soap\/\">Homemade Laundry Soap &#8211; 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So many thoughts swim in my head and I never manage to get them down. It doesn&#8217;t matter how desperately I want too, I just can&#8217;t find the words. 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