“I Fear How I’m Wonderfully Made” Series: Part Three—Parenting in the Spicy World (I Should Be Adulting By Now, but I STILL Can't Get IT Together?!!)

You thought parenting would feel different by now. Like somehow, by the time you were the responsible adult in the room, you'd have it figured out. But what if you're not standing above your kids' struggles — what if you're right there in the playground with them, just with 20 more years of coping mechanisms and a driver's license?In Episode 3 of I Fear How Much I'm Wonderfully Made, Amber gets honest about what it really looks like to raise neurospicy kids when you ARE the neurospicy parent. From potty training guilt to dorm rooms that didn't work to the diagnosis that finally gave her daughter language for her own life — this one is for every parent who has ever made their kid's struggle mean something about their own worth.Real stories. Real daughters. Real mess. And a whole lot of grace.Part of the "I Fear How Much I'm Wonderfully Made" series on Random Devo Thoughts.IN THIS EPISODEWhy neurospicy parents are often parenting from the inside of the same struggle — not above itThe potty training story nobody wants to admit out loud (but everyone needs to hear)What Imogen said on a rainy morning in junior high that changed everythingWhy Saffron thrived in an apartment when she couldn't in a dorm — and what that taught Amber about fitting the mold vs. understanding the patternThe truth about labels: it's not about an excuse — it's about a lighthouseWhen Penelope finally got her autism diagnosis and said "I finally understand myself"Why "potential is unlimited" is only true when the fish is actually in the waterHow to tell the difference between accepting your kid and giving up on your kidPsalm 139:13 (Amplified) — knit together with intention, not manufactured for conformityQUOTABLES FROM THIS EPISODE"You cannot teach someone to be a different kind of fish. And when a fish spends all its energy trying to ride a bicycle, it never discovers what it can do in the water.""She said — I finally understand myself. That is why the labels matter. Not as an excuse. As a lighthouse.""Sometimes we're not standing above our kids' struggles. Sometimes we're right there in the playground with them. And that's the most honest kind of parenting there is.""Mom, I can only hold one thing at a time." She wasn't defying me. That was truth."We're not broken. We're still being shaped."SCRIPTURE REFERENCEDPsalm 139:13 (Amplified Bible) "For You formed my innermost parts; You knit me together in my mother's womb."MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE#SisterhoodOfTheShortYellowPencils: Mental Health Mayhem One Sticky Note at a Time — Amber's upcoming book, releasing May 2026 from Abundance BooksUpdates and pre-launch info → shortyellowpencilrx.comCONNECT WITH AMBER🌐 shortyellowpencilrx.com 📘 Sisterhood of the Short Yellow Pencils (Facebook community) 📚 Book drops May 2026 — Abundance BooksSERIES EPISODESEpisode 1 — What in the ADHD?!! (Why Did You Put My Glasses in the Washing Machine?) — What ADHD actually is, and why it took 52 years to figure it outEpisode 2 — The Curiosity Engine — Why the ADHD brain dives deep, gets obsessed, and yes, spent 6 hours watching hoof-trimming videosEpisode 3 — Parenting in Spice World ← YOU ARE HEREAmber Weigand-Buckley is an Amazon #1 bestselling and multi-award-winning author, podcaster, and the founding editor and art director of the multi-award-winning Leading Hearts magazine. She's the #shortyellowpencilgirl living in a neurotypical world — navigating life with a beehive brain, a lot of sticky notes, and an unwavering belief that God wired her exactly right.Host of #RandomDevoThoughts — where she unpacks the Jesus heart from the ADHD mind — Amber brings raw, relatable, and often hilarious insight to faith, mental health, and neurodivergent life. She's also co-host of Coffee Chat with Amber & Lisa.Her newly released book, #SisterhoodoftheShortYellowPencils: Mental Health Mayhem, One Sticky Note at a Time, is out now — a humor-packed, gut-punch honest look at her own mental health journey that's equal parts laugh-out-loud and life-changing.Follow her @barefacedgirl and @shortyellowpencilRX for the real, the raw, and the ridiculous.