For me, Spring always brings a sense of renewal and hope as we begin to sees trees and flowers awakening after a long, cold winter. This time of year our family celebrates Easter. We try to do any fun stuff (egg hunts, candy) on Saturday and leave Sunday to focus on the meaning of the [...]
I give up. I give up on perfection. Real life is hard. Real life leaves you with five minutes here and there to tackle things you want to do. Real life leaves little room for perfection. I give up on long blog posts and schedules for the moment. We're here, we're still kicking and moving [...]
8/16/10 Wow. Been a while since I posted. I had a pretty hard year. A few months after my ectopic pregnancy I got pregnant again and was pretty excited. I was pretty sick, which I took to be good sign--baby must be growing right--right? I was dealing with thyroid issues and went to an endocrinologist [...]
10/09/09 How do you help an 11-year-old boy with Asperger's? How do you help him make the social connections that can be crucial to survival in junior high, when despite your best efforts, he is continually on the periphery of activities? I've encouraged him to invite kids over, we've also encouraged him to get involved [...]
It's the end of the year and that means concerts, festivals, evaluations and the like. Lawboy just finished all of assessments. He got Superior (I) ratings for both the County and State level Solo and Small Ensemble festivals. His orchestra just came away with a First Place trophy for their Large Ensemble. These guys routinely [...]
