Little Fern and Friends

01/04/2026

🌿 A Gentle Reminder for Parents 🌿

If you’re a parent reading this, especially one caring for a child with extra needs, this is your reminder that self-care is not selfish.

Self-care doesn’t always look like spa days or quiet mornings. Sometimes it looks like:
• drinking your coffee while it’s still warm
• taking a deep breath in the car before going inside
• asking for help (and accepting it)
• giving yourself grace on the hard days

You are carrying so much love, responsibility, and invisible work.
Taking care of you helps you keep showing up for the people you love.

At Fern & Friends, we believe parents matter too.
You are seen. You are doing enough. You are allowed to rest. 💚

🌱 What’s one small way you can care for yourself today?

01/04/2026

Why Fern & Friends began 🌿

Fern & Friends started because of my child — and because of the world I wanted him to grow up in.

I became a parent navigating autism, and suddenly everything felt louder, harder, and lonelier. I loved my child fiercely, but I didn’t always feel like there was space for us — space to be different, space to move, space to stim, space to exist without apology.

So I started imagining something else.

A place where children didn’t have to “behave” to belong.
Where parents didn’t have to explain themselves.
Where sensory needs weren’t an inconvenience — they were understood.

Fern & Friends was born from the belief that every child deserves joy, and every family deserves community. It doesn’t matter where you’re from. It doesn’t matter what you believe. If you are showing up with love for your child, you are welcome here.

This space is for the kids who need to move their bodies.
For the kids who communicate differently.
For the parents who are tired but trying.

Fern & Friends exists because autism changed my life — and because love taught me to build something better.

🌿💚

01/04/2026

🌿 Autism doesn’t have a passport 🌿

Autism doesn’t care where you’re from.
It doesn’t care how you vote, what flag you fly, or what you believe.

At Fern & Friends, we believe the same is true for belonging.
You are welcome here — exactly as you are.

Our community is built on kindness, inclusion, and understanding.
Families from all walks of life.
Different stories, different beliefs, different backgrounds —
all coming together for one shared truth: every child deserves to feel safe, seen, and celebrated.

This space exists for love, learning, and connection.
Always. 💚🌿

01/02/2026

You are not alone 🦋

01/02/2026

🌿 What Your Donation Supports 🌿

Sometimes it helps to see where a gift actually goes 🤍

✨ $10 — supplies for a sensory bin (rice, kinetic sand, scoops, fidgets)
📚 $25 — one inclusive children’s book for story time or take-home gifting
🧠 $40 — a full sensory activity station for an event
🌈 $60 — materials for an entire sensory-friendly program
💚 $100 — helps sponsor a free or donation-based community event for families

Every amount — big or small — directly supports sensory-friendly, inclusive spaces where kids are free to be themselves.

No pressure. Just gratitude.
Thank you for helping Little Fern & Friends grow 🌿

https://gofund.me/55b36340a

01/01/2026

🌿 Welcoming the New Year 🌿

As we step into a new year, Fern & Friends is filled with quiet gratitude.
For the children who show us new ways to see the world, for the families who trust us with their stories, and for the moments of connection that remind us why this space matters.

In the year ahead, we’ll keep showing up with softness, patience, and joy — creating sensory-friendly moments where every child is welcomed just as they are.

Thank you for being part of this little community.
Here’s to a gentle, hopeful new year 🌱

— Fern & Friends 💚

12/31/2025

We are here every fourth Friday of the month!!

We are open! 🌟

12/31/2025

🌿 ONE BIG LITTLE FERN & FRIENDS SHIRT ORDER 🌿

I’m opening one large group order for Little Fern & Friends shirts, hoodies, and baby onesies 💚

Each piece shares our message:
✨ Every child. Every story. Every ability belongs. ✨

👕 Sizes available:
• Baby (NB–24M)
• Toddler (2T–5T)
• Youth (XS–XL)
• Adult (XS–3XL)

💲 Pricing:
Adult tees $28 • Long sleeves $35 • Hoodies $50
Toddler tees $20 • Youth tees $24 • Youth hoodies $42
Baby onesies $22

🚚 Pickup options:
✔️ Free local pickup
✔️ Local delivery
✔️ Shipping to your home (shipping added)

📩 To order:
Message us with item, size, color, design, and pickup option.

💚 Venmo:

https://venmo.com/code?user_id=4469748414809223294&created=1767198289.174749&printed=1

⏰ Orders close Sunday at 8 PM.

Every purchase supports free sensory story times and inclusive play for kids of all abilities 🌿
💚 — Saige & Little Fern

12/30/2025

This season reminded us that joy and hard things can coexist. We had a beautiful Christmas filled with love—and also more croup than we planned for.

To every family juggling sick days, canceled plans, and tired hearts: we see you. You’re doing a fantastic job.
With love,
Fern & Friends 🤍

12/24/2025

Happy Christmas Eve from Fern & Friends 🤍
Tonight we bake cookies, slow down, and soak up the little moments — sticky fingers, warm ovens, and big feelings in small bodies.

However your family celebrates tonight, we hope it’s gentle, joyful, and full of love. 🍪✨

12/22/2025

Little Fern & Friends was built with my kids by my side — and it still is. Every story time, sensory bin, smile, and moment of silliness happens with children present, learning alongside us. Many of our volunteers are parents too, and they bring their kids to events — because this space was created for families, by families.

As we grow, the biggest challenge is funding the behind-the-scenes pieces that make these sensory-friendly programs possible:
✨ supplies for events
✨ books and materials
✨ storage and organization
✨ accessibility supports
✨ and the ability to keep programs low-cost or free for families

If you’ve attended an event, shared a smile with us, or believe in inclusive, sensory-friendly spaces for children — your support truly matters.

💚 Donations of any size help us continue creating safe, joyful spaces where kids can be exactly who they are.