If you are like me, when your differently wired teen* develops an interest in the opposite sex, you have to develop a whole new set of "rules" to help your child navigate flirting and dating. Social situations are hard enough when you don't pick up on body language or subtle inflections of voice and tone [...]
I've been taking a blogging course and I'm learning so much. I've also realized in this process that I want to be of help to families of all kinds of special needs. To that end, I've been working on rebranding my blog. I'm still going to primarily talk about Autism, anxiety and ADHD. In fact, [...]
I know it's an overly dramatic title. Music is not really dead, but I feel a large part of Firstborn's life is being put away. Firstborn has been playing in an orchestra since just after his third grade year. That's roughly 12 years. It has been the "medicine" which helped him work through emotions when [...]
Every year I struggle with how to address this month, and in particular April 2, Autism Awareness Day. I am so grateful that so many more people are aware of Autism. In days past, whenever one of my boys would flip into meltdown mode or start stimming at an "inappropriate" time or place I would [...]
This last week I accompanied Lawboy as a chaperone on his school's orchestra/band trip to Chicago. I've been to Chicago a few times before, and the city never fails to make me happy. I love, LOVE, the variety and quality of food there. I love the museums, the cultures, and the architecture. I love the [...]
Throw Back Thursday is a bit different this week. I thought this had been scheduled to post in the fall....and it didn't. So here it is today. Enjoy. *********** November 16, 2017 We haven't moved yet. It was nearly Halloween before the relocation company got us a realtor. Add to that the paint job that [...]
I'm trying something new for this blog. I'm connecting to social media. I'm pretty new at linking the blog to the various accounts, but it might help me post some snippets about our life more quickly. We're getting Lawboy ready for a trip to the Windy City with his school orchestra and band. Here is [...]
Wow! I had high hopes, but Whirlwind it's official! He has been accepted into all three schools he applied to. Academically he was sixth in his class at the beginning of the year, (I'm not quite sure where he stands right now), but one of the schools he applied to only has about a 53% [...]
One of the things we like to do is take time with each child to do something special. This last weekend DH (DearHusband) and I had to go to a formal work event. For Friday Family Time (yes, we kind of consider it a proper noun), we sat down as a whole family to watch [...]
January was a busy month for us. I worked extensively with Whirlwind as he finished and revised the last of his college application essays. It was exhausting at times. Truly exhausting-mentally and physically. At the same time I feel truly blessed. Whirlwind is functioning enough I believe he will be able to go to college [...]
