The SpecialMoms Parenting Magazine Issue 5 | Page 16

ing to listen to those with money. And guess who
doesn’t have any money? Families and kids with
disabilities. It’s a very uneven and scary playing
field out there right now, and we all need to step up.
Vote. Be active—it’s very easy to sign up for legislative alerts with your favorite disability agencies, and
then call when they send that email asking you to
call.
As you can see, I am passionate about
this, which is why I will continue
to contact my legislators and
encourage my fellow special needs parents to do the
same.

Juggling a business
can be difficult for
anyone. How do you
balance being both a
caregiver and a business
woman? Share with us
some tips.
I try to set designated hours for
work. Working from home is great, but it’s tough
finding balance. My work has to take a back seat to
my family right now, much as I struggle with it. My
“balance” right now is that my blogging and advocacy goals get delayed. It is what it is.

Can you share with us and any parents who
are considering starting a blog or business
what steps you took to start yours?
Run, run away….ha ha. But seriously, blogging is
hard. If you want a free blog to just have a place to
brain dump, go for it. But if you want to build a business, it is as hard and as time consuming as any other small business. There’s so much “noise” out there
on the web, people think “oh I’ll just start a blog and
people will find it.” Wrong! I spend more time publicizing my blog than I do creating posts. You can
start a blog for free, but I wouldn’t recommend it.
It’s not a beginner’s game out there any more—you
have to have a professional blog design, decent web
hosting and maintain social media pages. It’s what
the public has come to expect.

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I started this with a friend who was about six
months into it, decided it was more time consuming
than she wanted, and she backed out. I already had
another deal/couponing blog in addition to ADayInOurShoes.com, but I loved this blog. So, I sold th