And Then
Yesterday, I wrote about the huge meltdown The Boy had on Thursday night. And then… On Friday, I was a mess. After the boys left in the morning, I took a deep breath and then began to cry. I journaled,...
View ArticleToday is the Day
Today is The Boy’s last day of 8th grade, of middle school, of being anything but a teenager. He’s excited. I’m excited. We’re all excited. And a little wistful, too. Even The Boy exclaims, “How did we...
View ArticleThe Trip Recap
The Boy and I just spent a long weekend visiting old friends and relatives up north. I had promised him three years ago when we moved away that we would visit. This year, I made it a goal to make …...
View ArticleTracks
See the tracks in the picture? The ones heading toward the swing on which The Boy is perched? Look like tire tracks, right? Nope. They’re from The Boy himself. From walking and stimming as he does...
View ArticleWhat It Means to Be Not-Quite-Verbal
The Boy is verbal. He can speak in short and long sentences, has quite a vocabulary, and is an incredible speller. But not always. When he was a toddler, he didn’t have as many words as his peers, and...
View ArticleThe Truth is
We’ve been settling into our new summer routine this week, as The Boy’s Summer Day Camp run by the Autism Society started on Monday. We are working out our timing and logistics to get him there and get...
View ArticleNot Enough Hours
Just a quick post to say that it will be a light week, blog-wise. We hope to move into the new house on Saturday, which means we not only need to get the house ready for us to move in … Continue reading →
View ArticleMy Reflection
This morning, pulling out after dropping The Boy off at Grammy’s, I actually thought, “Why do we always have rough mornings when I am the most stressed?” I must be new here. Autism knows no time...
View ArticlePerspective & Paradigms
I had dinner with a new friend the other night. She has been a friend to me in several ways this year, but we actually met for the first time that night. She is a mom to three boys between … Continue...
View ArticleA Few Changes
Like I tell The Boy, change isn’t necessarily bad, but it is inevitable. I’ve done lots of thinking over the past couple of weeks about this blog – you may have noticed my “radio-silence”....
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