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“Loving Tiara is the kind of memoir that both breaks your heart and fills it up with hope and inspiration. Tiffani Goff is a fierce and faithful mother who is determined to give her daughter a good life. Her story shows us how a family can overcome extraordinary obstacles, and how a mom can be a superhero.” Candi Sary, author of Black Crow White Lie

“Beautiful, raw, authentic, tragic, and an incredibly precious read…”

“This memoir, when once finished, there is no looking back. After having the privilege of being part of this family’s day-to-day life, I wanted my experience to be never-ending. This story rapidly became essential food for my soul, allowing me to savor every “bite” with each page. Tiara’s life is the thread of the memoir, however never do the others become blurred. This is truth, without excuses, explanations, or regrets. What a distinguished way to experience life on life’s terms. Thank you, Tiffani! I have never been able to have children, however, those three beautiful girls were mine as long as the story went on. Give yourself the gift of this read, it will be with you for a very long time.” Verified Amazon Customer, 12/10/2020

” Five stars isn’t enough!”

” Wow, definitely gives perspective to those caring for special needs children. Tiffani is the definition of sacrifice, dedication, and unconditional love while taking care of her daughter, Tiara. Thank you tiffani for sharing Tiara with us.” Verified Amazon Customer 12/30/2020

Prologue from Loving Tiara:

I can never find the quiet. I know that someday this will end and I will have plenty of quiet time, but right now I can’t imagine that being my reality. Someone always needs me.

Most days I just hope to survive until she falls asleep. I constantly ask God, the universe, whoever can hear my thoughts, to give me the strength to carry on. It’s the mantra that plays in my head all day long until she falls asleep at night, and then I say, “Thank you, thank you, thank you” with a huge sigh of relief. I survived another day.

I always wonder how I find the strength to keep going. Everyone in my family and inner circle are shocked that I keep doing what I’m doing. Some have begged me to stop, find another way, or have her placed outside the home, for they fear she will eventually kill me. I refuse to listen to them or entertain their suggestions, because I know in my heart, being her caretaker won’t last forever. I’m meant to be her caretaker for her entire life, and no one can stop me from doing otherwise.

I often wonder how I can love, more than life itself, the person who abuses me daily. Why do I crave her kisses, her bear hugs, and her contagious smiles, when I know she will suddenly lash out at me without any warning?

I would rather die taking care of her than give up on her. I am her mother, her voice, her strength her advocate, and her biggest fan. I am also a wife and a mother to my two other beautiful girls. They all need me to be strong, so they can pretend our lives are “normal.” Even when I feel like dying inside, I carry on, because that is who I am. This is the story of loving Tiara.

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Memorable Monday’s, My 4 year old self…

Jan. 14, 2013

So I haven’t done a proper Memorable Monday series since December 24 and I was going to skip it again today because I’m still feeling like crap and can barely keep my eyes open but suddenly I just changed my mind.  I think I would rather tell you a funny story about me as a…

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We did it, Aetna approved the medication

We did it, Aetna approved the medicine!

Jan. 11, 2013

Good News! After a rather interesting chain of events Aetna decided to approve the 4 pills of Vimpat per day that Tiara needs for her seizures.  Whoa!!!  It appears this blog now has another use, for which I never intended, pressure people to do the right thing!  So the story goes like this. Wednesday morning…

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Does Karma really exist?

Jan. 10, 2013

Does Karma really exist and if so what does that say about my life?  Have you ever read one of my posts and wondered “What did Tiffani do in the past to deserve all this crap? Does she have bad karma or what?”  I know you have thought this at least once, I know I…

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Aetna has denied Tiara the medication she needs and I’m crazy mad!

Jan. 09, 2013

If you follow me on Facebook you know I was a basket case on Christmas Eve because our health insurance decided Tiara didn’t need 4 pills of Vimpat each day, but only 2, so they denied the pre-authorization and I was unable to get her medicine.   Why even have health insurance?  Vimpat is one…

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Will I really know when the time has come?

Jan. 08, 2013

Sadly I have spent some time during the last week thinking about when to put our dog to sleep. I mentioned in a previous post that Bailey our standard poodle was diagnosed with lymphoma, even though he just turned 6 this September.  Unfortunately the cancer is growing really fast and we have been faced with…

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Welcome to the Goff House…

Jan. 07, 2013

I can’t tell you how great it feels to be home with Tiara.  We finally got released from the hospital on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and when we drove up to the house, I could see from the driveway that something was posted on our front door.   “What the heck is that?”  I thought to…

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From the ICU to the dungeon…

Jan. 02, 2013

Because Tiara is improving so much the doctors wanted to move her out of the ICU and put her on the “floor” today. For those of you who aren’t frequent fliers of the hospitals, yes that is what the nurses actually call kids like TT, “the floor” doesn’t mean literally on the germ ridden ground…

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Tiara is getting better, yet again!

Jan. 01, 2013

Good news! Tiara is off the bipap and is on a regular oxygen mask. She thinks she is all better so my whole purpose in life has been to stop her from tearing off her leads, pulse ox, and oxygen mask all day! The nurse just asked me if I felt like I was playing…

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My mini blogging vacation turned into another hospital stay…

Dec. 31, 2012

It’s 7am on December 31, 2012 and once again I find myself sitting in the ICU at CHOC watching Tiara sleep. In my last post I mentioned everyone was getting sick so I was taking a mini vacation from blogging because I sensed I was going to be spending most of my time taking care…

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My Top 15 Blog posts for the year…

Dec. 27, 2012

Because I have decided to take a small vacation until January 1, I thought it would be fun to feature my 15 most visited posts from this year.   Truth be told, Trinity got sick on Christmas, and is even sicker today.  Bailey had a bad night and we had to rush him to the…

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Mom, Wife, author of Loving Tiara, retired home stager, and chronic volunteer. I laugh when I'm happy, nervous, or stressed, so basically, I'm always laughing, and you can hear me from down the block if the windows are open. I love to swear even though it isn't ladylike, and I'm brutally honest, but in a super nice way, or so I think? I tend to roll my eyes, and apparently, my face is very expressive because even when I don't open my mouth, everyone knows what I'm thinking. My hubby and I are homebodies; I'm obsessed with always doing the "right thing " and taking care of my skin. I love learning, am always trying to evolve as a human being, and am a bit of a perfectionist. Let's have some fun! xoxo tiffani
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