Tag: autism spectrum disorder
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The Year of Possiblity
I almost didn’t write this blog post. I intended to write it on January 1st…but I was seriously dragging and since I am trying to be better about listening to my body and self-care, I didn’t write it that day. Then I thought I would write it while we were in Mammoth this past week. There…
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Lessons from a Ghost of Christmas Past
We had a truly great meeting with my son’s psychiatrist yesterday. For the first time in the 18 months he’s been under the care of this doctor, my son actually looked him in the eye while he was speaking. And he smiled. And he laughed. And it was amazing. It’s still not a place he’d…
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Hitting the Mute Button
I am my own worst critic. I know this about myself, and am constantly trying to quiet my inner critical voice. It’s a battle I have been waging with myself for as long as I can remember. Sometimes I’ll go long stretches keeping that inner critic completely silent. Other times, it feels like that inner…
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Guest Post – A Little Broken, by Owen
I am excited and proud to share this guest post written by my son. He used a writing assignment for his 6th grade English Language Arts class as an opportunity to be brave and share a piece of himself with his teacher and class. And he has agreed to let me share his words with…
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Full Circle
This week, both of my kids are spending their mornings at cooking camp offered by a local cooking school. It’s actually the second time this summer that my daughter has been at the camp. She did a week early in the summer and loved it so much she asked to do another week. Toward the…
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The View From Here..
School ended today at 12pm. By 12:20pm I had four extra kids in the house – two friends of my son and two friends of my daughter. They all came home from school with us and will all spend the night. It’s a huge “Welcome to Summer” celebration. Earlier today as I was leaving work…
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Look Closer…
One year ago today…. This was a picture perfect day as captured from the rooftop deck at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I remember the first part of the day being a lovely family outing. And there are dozens of other pictures taken that morning which support my memory. But shortly after this picture was taken,…
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Pasta – With a Side of Perspective and Persistence
A dyslexic, an Aspie and their mother are sitting around a table… That almost sounds like the start of a bad joke. But it isn’t. It was dinner time in our house last night. On most weeknights, dinner is a rushed affair in our house. We eat early so that anybody who has an evening practice,…
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On the Bookshelf -Love That Boy: What Two Presidents, Eight Road Trips, and My Son Taught Me About a Parent’s Expectations by Ron Fournier
I am a voracious reader. I love words. I love stories. I love ideas. I love to escape into a good book. Some of what I read is for pure pleasure, some of what I read is to help me be better at my church job, some of what I read is to expand my understanding…
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If Not Here, Then Where?
I’ve lost count of the number of hours I have spent in the waiting rooms of doctors, therapists, and specialists in the past 2 years. I would wager that the total number is well into the hundreds. Hour, upon hour, upon hour has ticked away while I sat waiting for my son. Some of those…
We're All A Little Broken 