Welcome to Tapestry Life, where our family is our brand

My name is Summer and my husband’s name is Dan.

With 24 years of experience parenting neuro-typical children and children with various needs and challenges, we are here to provide a deep breath + a plan of action to those who need it.

As our family has grown and changed over the years, it pushed and fueled us to seek training and education around brain based disabilities — the visible and invisible.

We became facilitators with FASCETS and intentionally focus on educating other parents on what we have learned along the way.

Our greatest opportunity has been in our home. As we have immersed ourselves in the deep waters of parenting, homeschooling + creating, we find healing in sharing with other families all the tools + knowledge that has served our family.

Every part of of this business is a part of what we live, every day.

We commit to always bring you our best, most authentic work: work that is tested in the midst of hard + trying circumstances, yet infused with joy, reflecting the Tapestry that God is making through us!

WE LOVE

Watching parents become brave as they learn about the complexities of their children.

Witness parents celebrate their children is our favorite part of this journey.

THE START OF THE NOTEBOOKS

After being a special needs parent for over 21 years, hitting every wall there could be at becoming a more organized, more reflective and present mother — something just clicked.

I came to a point knowing I needed to have everyone’s needs really clearly laid out.

I realized the systems around me that were designed to help were falling so incredibly short.

I needed to become more for my kids because no one else was going to.

I was tired of being the mom whose life never fit into those adorable boutique planners…the kind with perfect planning sheets that didn’t apply to my family…the shame and grief of losing what the world says is normal is a hard pill to swallow.

And so… The Tapestry Notebooks were born.

WHY YOU NEED A TAPESTRY NOTEBOOK

There are too many details to manage in a day, especially as a parent to multiple children with complex, special needs.

You need a place to collect important information, as well as capture + process how you are feeling and working though your child’s care.

Tapestry Notebooks provide purpose and empowerment as you work through your child’s strengths and challenges.

Tapestry Notebooks are a tool to help navigate all the systems helping to care for + manage your child (and the whole family).

WE HOPE TO REACH:

Special needs mama, dad, and entire family

Foster moms

Foster dads

Adoptive moms

Adoptive dads

Parents of medically fragile children

Therapy organizations like: Kinship House, Trillium, Life Works

Department of Human Services + Child Welfare

Schools

Anyone who works with vulnerable children and families

A Note From Summer

Hey, I’m Summer. The creator and owner of Tapestry Life Connections, a business born out of meeting a specific need inside our own family.

I’m here speaking to the weary mama, the weary father, and family —

All of you who are busy meeting the needs of your family, keeping track of endless details and complicated medical histories…

I want to bring you some help —

I can’t fix or cure all the issues but I can stand with you in it.

I can bring you the tools you need to manage your family’s care.

I’m here to offer you a deep breath and a plan of action.