Senioritis
So, I have a new appreciation for all the work my older daughter did. Truthfully, she is brilliant and needed little encouragement. In fact, we told our older daughter to dial it back and enjoy her...
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Thoughts on advocacy, law, family, and the work that matters.
I cannot believe we are actually here!
It’s getting real. Very real! Every day there are new avenues to explore as we transition our daughter with ASD into adulthood. One moment she seems very young and in need of significant guidance. ...
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You ONLY need 1!
As our daughter gets closer and closer to finalizing her journey in the K-12 environment it is not lost on me all the lessons she learned, we learned individually and how much we have grown as a fa...
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Reality is starting to set in
So, REALITY is starting to set in that we have a graduating senior. I simply cannot believe how much we have grown as a family and what we witnessed-which is a MIRACLE. I remember bracing for confe...
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Time to Reflect
You cannot tell but the tree in this photo is pink. I know, right? Several years ago I blogged about this tree that I walked past many many times a week and never noticed was PINK. That day I learn...
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Personal Privilege-Gratitude
For nearly 3 years I have blogged about my life as a parent with a child on the spectrum. Sometimes I provide education, sometimes I vent and most of the time I just share my present experience. It...
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Time for a Break!
So – I try to blog weekly but I am not always successful. Sometimes life is “LIFING” and it is best to listen to my body. When you are caring for someone with Autism Spectrum Disorder it is i...
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Rare joy
Our girls – now grown young adults are 7 years apart. They have essentially lived as siblings and as only children. They love and “like-not-like” each other at times and then other times “DEF...
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Progress!
I remember a time when I could not enjoy the theater. It was very difficult for our family because we love the theater. We love dressing up We love getting there early We love the entire experience...
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That’s What Friends Are For
We lost one of our sister moms, Joyce Roberts this week. It was unexpected and beyond difficult. Joyce lived with Alzheimer’s- a truly challenging diagnosis that cuts those around persons afflicted...
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