Life at the ADHD Homestead is about to get crazy: we’re renovating our kitchen. This is our biggest, baddest project since we did in vitro fertilization almost five years ago. Like IVF, the payoffs will be fantastic — we got a kid last time, and this time we’ll get a kitchen larger than a closet — […]
Author: Jaclyn Paul
My ADHD Home: A Visitors’ Guide
My attempts at effective homemaking with ADHD could fill a memoir. I long for a tidy, peaceful home where guests always feel comfortable and welcome. My grandmother would tell you I make this look easy. We should all have someone like my grandmother in our lives. For everyone else, I give you this visitors’ guide. I do […]
I have ADHD, and sometimes I can’t spell my own name
I’ve never had real a nickname, but my dad sometimes called me “Jacly” when I was a kid. The joke started when I forgot the last letter of my name at the top of a school paper. Fourth-grade Jaclyn knew how to spell her own name — obviously — but my attention span wasn’t always long […]