Barb Braendlein an author, an urban farm wife, and the homeschooling mother of my four special needs kids. My new book, "Olive", recently released by Atmosphere Press tells the story of the world through the eyes of a non-verbal, medically fragile five-year-old girl and it is fiction drawn from my very real-life adventures raising kids with mitochondrial disease. As I see it, my life is an open book to anyone that can be helped by it. I am living proof that your life doesn't have to be normal to be good! I love good conversations and I hope I get to have one with you? Enjoy my podcast!