When Autumn Comes: Seasons of Hope for Medical + Disability Moms

Our kids don’t sleep, so we started the 4AM Mom Club.  This is a fun bonus place where we basically record random 4AM Mom Club conversations between Suz + Diane.  Today we invited another mom, Janice Belcher, to join the convo! 

Highlights of this bonus content that you do not want to miss:

• Botox: Can they do botox in your cleavage? 
• Spanx: Yay or Nay? 

Links and resources:

• Want to join the 4AM Mom Club?  https://whenautumncomes.com/4am-momclub/
• Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenAutumnComesPodcast
• Follow us on Instagram: @WhenAutumnComesPodcast

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Janice, an incredibly strong mito mother, recently lost her beautiful daughter, Juliet.  In this episode of When Autumn Comes, Janice opens her heart and shares raw and honest feelings about her journey as a special needs parent.

Moments you do not want to miss:

• Mitochondrial Disease affects this family
• The roller coaster that is parenting a child with a chronic, life threatening disease
• Finding gifts in unexpected places
• What to say (or not say) to a grieving mother

Links and resources:

• Juliet’s Website: http://www.julietchristina.com
• Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenAutumnComesPodcast
• Follow us on Instagram: @WhenAutumnComesPodcast

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Our kids don’t sleep, so we started the 4AM Mom Club.  This is a fun bonus place where we basically record random 4AM Mom Club conversations between Suz + Diane.  

Stories you don’t want to miss:

• You read it right, a hotdog. In the mailbox. 
• We google signs of swinging… 

Links and resources:

• Want to join the 4AM Mom Club?  https://whenautumncomes.com/4am-momclub/
• Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenAutumnComesPodcast
• Follow us on Instagram: @WhenAutumnComesPodcast

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Amy is the most amazing mother for her two sons Miles and Max.  She puts her heart and soul into parenting - and balances it gracefully with work and life and everything else.  Every day Amy tries to remind herself of the legacy she and her family are creating for this world. 

 Highlights from the episode:

• Living with no diagnosis
• Creating and asking for support when you need it
• Giving back to the community 
• The legacy her son will leave on the world

Links and resources:

• Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenAutumnComesPodcast
• Follow us on Instagram: @WhenAutumnComesPodcast

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403AM: Lightning + Speed Walking 

Our kids don’t sleep, so we started the 4AM Mom Club.  This is a fun bonus place where we basically record random 4AM Mom Club conversations between Suz + Diane.  

Stories you don’t want to miss:

• Susan was struck by lightning
• 90s and early 2000s technology - what did you have? 
• Olympic speed walking

Links and resources:

• Want to join the 4AM Mom Club?  https://whenautumncomes.com/4am-momclub/
• Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenAutumnComesPodcast
• Follow us on Instagram: @WhenAutumnComesPodcast

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This week we are introducing you to our other hostess, Diane, and her incredible family.  Diane and Susan talk about how the Diane’s family was introduced into the world of special needs.   

Highlights from the episode:

• The Mom Gut: Knowing something isn’t right when the doctors felt different
• Living without an official diagnosis
• The team players that helped get Selah the care she needed
• Parenting two typical kids and one with extra needs, and the perspective it gives you. 

Links and resources:

• Follow Diane on Instagram: @diane.kay.erdman 
• Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenAutumnComesPodcast
• Follow us on Instagram: @WhenAutumnComesPodcast

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402AM: New Year's Resolutions + Dill Dip

Our kids don’t sleep, so we started the 4AM Mom Club.  This is a fun bonus place where we basically record random 4AM Mom Club conversations between Suz + Diane.  

Resolutions & Convos you don’t want to miss:

• Dill Dip - is this the same thing as Ranch Dip?
• Therapy in 2021
• Planners and erasable pens for to-do lists
• What is self-care for special needs mamas? 

Links and resources:

• Want to join the 4AM Mom Club?  https://whenautumncomes.com/4am-momclub/
• Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenAutumnComesPodcast
• Follow us on Instagram: @WhenAutumnComesPodcast

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Technically our second episode, but it feels like the first.  The When Autumn Comes Podcast is going to share interviews with mamas and the stories of their children.  We are kicking things off with Susan, one of our co-hostesses, and her amazing kiddos, Lorelei and Benji. 

 Highlights from the episode:

- The diagnosis that affects the family is Mitochondrial Disease 

- Hear Susan talk about going from a “normal pregnancy” to a 77 day NICU stay with a rare disease diagnosis

- What it felt like getting a diagnosis very early and how it could affect future children

- Coping and processing life with two special needs children with a life threatening condition

Links and resources:

- Follow Susan’s kids on facebook: www.facebook.com/FridaysWithLorelei

- Lorelei & Benji’s Fund for a Mito Cure: chop.donordrive.com/campaign/Lorelei

- Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenAutumnComesPodcast

- Follow us on Instagram: @WhenAutumnComesPodcast

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Our kids don’t sleep, so we started the 4AM Mom Club.  This is where we share bonus content so we can all get to know each other beyond the seriousness of When Autumn Comes. 

You don’t want to miss:

• We have old lady names. 
• Speed round get-to-know-us questions. 

Links and resources:

• Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenAutumnComesPodcast
• Follow us on Instagram: @WhenAutumnComesPodcast

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Special needs parenting is hard and isolating.  In this pilot episode of When Autumn Comes Podcast you meet Susan and Diane, aka the 4AM Mom Club, for the very first time.  Technically they have never met so hey, let’s do this thing!  

You don’t want to miss:

• The mission and hope for When Autumn Comes.  
• Our intent is to share a new episode every Wednesday. 
• The 4AM Mom Club, are you joining us? 
• An explanation of how to get your story shared on our show!

Links and resources:

• Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenAutumnComesPodcast
• Follow us on Instagram: @WhenAutumnComesPodcast

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