Benny Love Benny Life https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/ An inspirational special needs family life-style journey. Mon, 08 Nov 2021 20:02:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 137194788 Special Needs Parents and How To Help Them. (for heavens sake!) https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/special-needs-parents-and-how-to-help-them-for-heavens-sake/ Mon, 08 Nov 2021 19:58:50 +0000 https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/?p=5897 Just when I thought I had it up to my eyeballs. Parenting a child with special needs is a daily, emotional, daunting, exhausting experience. Some days, even weeks go by without skipping a beat and I do all the things without thinking. Others weeks? Not so much. The past few weeks have been a roller […]

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]]> 5897 My Favorite Homemade Oreo Cookie Recipe https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/my-favorite-homemade-oreo-cookie-recipe/ Thu, 28 Oct 2021 23:27:51 +0000 https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/?p=5949 The perfectly delicious homemade oreo cookie that will have everyone raving! Oreo cookies are an American icon right up there with apple pie and hot dogs. But who needs all those icky ingredients and chemicals that come with the carefully and attractively packaged cookies from the store. (Although I’ve been known to devour those as […]

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]]> 5949 My Favorite Baked Oatmeal Healthy Version https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/recipe/my-favorite-baked-oatmeal-healthy-version/ https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/recipe/my-favorite-baked-oatmeal-healthy-version/#respond Thu, 24 Jan 2019 16:30:26 +0000 https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/?post_type=recipe&p=1317 Because lengthy stories before recipes annoy me to bits and pieces, here is the recipe without further ado! 🙂 Healthy Baked Oatmeal I love me a bowl of baked oatmeal! When I started my health journey, I adapted my favorite recipe to make it more friendly to my waist. I never proclaim that my recipes […]

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]]> https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/recipe/my-favorite-baked-oatmeal-healthy-version/feed/ 0 1317 Keep calm…Benny On, Coffee, And Why I Hopped Onto The Essential Oil Train https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/keep-calm-benny-on-coffee-and-why-i-hopped-onto-the-essential-oil-train/ Thu, 10 Jan 2019 16:54:53 +0000 https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/?p=849 Keep calm…Benny on! Special needs parenting is hard.  I thought I would mention that just in case no one already knew this just by observing the brightly lit chaos surrounding our everyday life.  Most people that venture into our home, and notice the ever ready on-demand coffee made, acknowledge immediately that, indeed, we, the Benny people, […]

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]]> 849 If I Could Do One Thing To Help Special Needs Parents. https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/if-i-could-do-one-thing-to-help-special-needs-parents/ Thu, 03 Jan 2019 15:25:42 +0000 https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/?p=1226 If I could do one thing to help special needs parents, I would magically change the medical supply company frustrations from our lives. I will be bravely honest and admit that I have clenched my teeth, let out a loud oomph now and then, had a complete meltdown or two, and cried bitter, frustrated tears […]

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]]> 1226 Nobody Told Me https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/nobody-told-me/ Tue, 28 Aug 2018 14:13:16 +0000 https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/?p=1131 Nobody told me. Nobody let me know on that hot, humid July day in 2003, that my life was soon to be a roller coaster ride of oxymorons like bittersweet.  Or synonyms and antonyms like joy and sorrow, acceptance and denial, grief and gladness, happiness and sadness, and the list goes on.  When that faint […]

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]]> 1131 Peppy Meatball Poppers Appetizer https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/recipe/peppy-meatball-poppers-appetizer/ https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/recipe/peppy-meatball-poppers-appetizer/#respond Mon, 27 Aug 2018 13:52:21 +0000 https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/?post_type=recipe&p=1119 These tasty, zesty meatball poppers are a delicious Sunday evening get together treat!  I threw this recipe together last evening before visiting the awesome neighbors that live on top of The Mountain.  I baked them, but they could easily be grilled for an even more savory flavor.  I just made my own mouth water! Photo […]

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]]> https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/recipe/peppy-meatball-poppers-appetizer/feed/ 0 1119 Special Needs Dad | He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Benny! https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/special-needs-dad-he-aint-heavy-hes-my-benny/ Mon, 06 Aug 2018 19:35:30 +0000 https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/?p=1070 “He Ain’t Heavy, he’s my Bubby!” I, as Benny’s mom, may be the nurse, the advocate, the lioness and the mother bear that roars at the slightest infraction against my Bubby.  I may be the one that changes 50 million diapers a day, okay, not quite that many.  I may be the one that has run […]

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]]> 1070 Confessions of a Special Needs Mom https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/confessions-of-a-special-needs-mom/ Sat, 23 Jun 2018 17:45:35 +0000 https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/?p=1028 The Saturday Morning Confessions of a Special Needs Mom. “You’re such a good mommy.” “You’re super mom.” “Benny is so blessed to have a mommy like you.” I hear this often and it blesses me so much.  How do I respond? “Yes, I know.  Thank you very much for noticing?” No, of course not!  While […]

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]]> 1028 How And Why My Fight Changed https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/how-and-why-my-fight-changed/ Fri, 25 May 2018 21:43:47 +0000 https://www.bennylovebennylife.com/?p=926 In my previous life, I was a cleaning fanatic. Does this mean I believe in reincarnation?  Heavens, no!  Not even close. When I use the term “previous life”, this is what I’m talking about: Previous life: Before Benny. Current life: Anything after Benny! This is how I think of my life.  I have been pondering […]

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