Beth & Coop 🤟🏻

Welp. It’s been a long time since Coop simply *muted* me. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣

Those equisosiles triangles will get ya every time. 😉

Back with his hatred of the color black. 🤷🏻‍♀️😅

The student has become the teacher. 😜 Ender Pearl = a green pearl in Minecraft. From what I could conclude.

Always something new to hear.

Let’s go to the audiologist!

SOS where does the rage go?

Drumroll please for our newest fixation…

Some people change hair colors. Coop changes the way he hears voices. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #Deaf #hearingloss #cochlearimplantkids #totalcommunication #asl #signlanguage #cochlearimplants #deafkidsrock

One who lassos shall henceforth be known as a “cowboy swinger.” I’ve been taking a little space from social media, but I know lots of us could use laughs right about now. I hope this brings you one. (Parked in a car wash line during this before anyone comes for me)

Oh how far we’ve come, Coop. This hasn’t always been an easy journey and early on I questioned whether implants were the right decision. How can you not question that as a parent in instances like this older video? But the common thread then and now was giving Cooper choice and autonomy. Doing so allowed him to forge his own relationship with his hearing devices and determine when he preferred to have them on. I know that often parents are told that if a child is awake, their hearing devices should be on. And don’t get me wrong, wear time is definitely important. But think about being a hearing person and suddenly being thrust into a silent world. Wouldn’t there be times you’d want to revisit the hearing one? That’s how it is for these little humans. All they know is silence and then suddenly they have a whole new sense to learn and understand. Patience and compassion go a long way. 💙

Many of you are here because you love watching Cooper thrive and give unhinged life advice (kidding, kinda) — but what if the policies that made his love of language and communication possible simply didn’t exist? I’ve been thinking about this topic a lot, specifically how it relates to Cooper. Many of you here know what it takes for him grow, learn and thrive. But for some, there seems to be a disconnect when it comes to acknowledging that his ability to do so did not just accompany him into this earth. He is who he is because of the education, accessibility, and disability rights programs that have been part of our journey — the very programs that are now being threatened. And I will keep talking about it, because it isn’t “just politics” or “a difference of opinion.” It’s his life and his access to this world.

Some of us are built for Minnesota winters. Some of us are not. I’ll let you decide which one Coop is.

#ad Reminiscing on the biggest hive I’ve ever seen…only it wasn’t the friendly little bees Coop thinks it was! 

Check out Walmart for a variety of @Beekeeper’s Naturals products! #beekeepersnaturalspartner #immunesupport #propolis #walmartfinds

Someone invent this plz.

Checking in on all my fellow Enneagram 4s out there. 🥴 In all seriousness, this is a topic I’ve been struggling with since November. It feels so difficult to make light hearted content when there is so much heaviness. Yet at the same time, I know that laughter and light is needed more than ever. I don’t want to be silent. I won’t be silent. I know some of you don’t want to be dialed into news and politics and I understand that. But having this platform built on diversity and inclusion…I have a responsibility to speak out and be a voice. I can’t ignore that. I will not sit here and tell you all it will be okay. But here’s what I can tell you: There is power in connection. There is strength in vulnerability. There is change in small actions. There is intention in where you put your energy. I can’t promise to always have the perfect words. But I promise to try. And I hope you’ll stay and try, too.

If today is hard…I see you. I’m with you.

Is it 2029 yet? Ten days has felt like ten years.

So done with this guy and this was today’s tipping point.

But likeeeee are we just doing this again in April?