The sadness has followed me around since last Friday. It's just there. I'm having a really hard time falling asleep. It's so hard to shut down mentally. I feel a little bit like I did back in that second week of September in 2001 when the world changed forever. The world has changed again. Last … [Read more...]
FotoFriday: Part Two
We live on a fairly small street. On our fairly small street there are 5 children with autism. Since we moved here it has astonished me that there are that many kids with autism on this fairly small street. It also astonishes me how many asshats fly around our little circle in their cars while … [Read more...]
FotoFriday: Part One
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Ten
Ten years ago today this happened: Today my baby boy is ten years old. TEN. Ten. 10. Double digits, baby. What a wild ride it's been with this kid. We celebrated with his friends on Sunday. He invited 5 of his friends and his favourite teacher to the movies to see Wreck-It Ralph (loved … [Read more...]
Quiet peace.
These past few weeks/months have been some of the most challenging we've ever dealt with. Mostly with Cuyler, but life in general has been pretty bumpy. His behaviours are at a high. His stimming is at a high. It is now spilling into school. He is testing us beyond our limits. I almost feel like … [Read more...]
Gratitude
Dear Cuyler's EA, I just wanted to take the time to say thank you. It was about 13 years ago when you were the Teachers Assisstant in my preschool classroom. Who would have thought that our lives would again intersect the way they did when I found you were the EA in Cam's junior kindergarten … [Read more...]
Clueless
We know that raising kids doesn't come with a handbook. Raising kids with special needs? OY! We're going through this blind. With no help. Cuyler is my heart but lately I have no clue what I'm doing with this kid. We are seeing behaviours I never thought we'd be dealing with. Aggression. … [Read more...]
THE HOARDER
I remember years ago sitting in the waiting area of our Doctors office. Another parent who was also waiting saw my son holding some Pokemon cards and made a comment about how her son also liked Pokemon and collected the cards as well. At that time I couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy … [Read more...]
Where there’s a will…
Today is October 1st. It has been one month since we lost Scott.I spent most of the month with my sister and my niece, supporting them in their grieving process. Grieving with them.I sat at my kitchen table with my sister as she was on phone call after phone call, sending emails and faxes to … [Read more...]
He can do it.
He can do it. He can do anything. Anything he wants. Remember when he told me that he wants to drive a car? And I said that maybe we should work on tying his shoelaces? or riding his bike? The shoelaces are still posing a challenge. We will continue to work on it. But the bike riding? … [Read more...]
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