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"Do You Have a Flag?"
If you have ever seen comedian Eddie Izzard's show, "Dressed to Kill", he has this bit about history where he discusses how countries came to be. This is a quote from the transcript. As you read, you have to imagine this guy (yes, it's a dude in make up and women's...
Pondering the Bluejay: Living Like Spring in the Landscape of Winter
I have a small living room with a bay window and window seat. Because of this design, there are not many options in furniture placement. After various arrangements (apparently every 6 months, according to my husband's calculations), I currently have placed the couch...
Long Awaited Hope
When Samuel was first diagnosed and I immersed myself in autism research, I came across a particular aid for kids with autism - autism assistance dogs. I'd heard of seeing eye dogs and guide dogs, but this was a first. Excited that there was something that seemed to...
Fascinating Fascinations
Autism is fascinating. Kids with autism often show inappropriate play with toys and obsessions with certain things. For the last few years, Sam's obsession has been cars. That is, Disney's Pixar Cars. He didn't zoom them about, or drive them around. He lined them up...
Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This
I began the day with resolve. I end the day with the same resolve, just a bit weary from being tested and tried. Earlier, I wrote, "Sam's constant demands for attention, and tantrums and meltdowns and rigidity are in for a rude awakening, which means we are too." I...
Busy Bees
2012 has started off with a bang. Not exactly lots of excitement and fun and awesomeness, but more like the "BANG" you hear just before you take off running in the race of life. There have been some exciting developments in our lives, and fun and awesomeness, amidst...
Joy in Suffering and Other Paradoxical Truths
Who among us has not been sympathetically given the old addages of - "God works all things for good to those who love God and are called according to His purpose", and "God knew you were the right parent for your child", and "God is sovereign", and "Don't be anxious...
I'm Right and Seeing is Believing
People like to be right. To win. I like to be right. I LOVE winning. This is especially important in an argument with my husband - or as some describe it, a discussion between two people which I am winning. Or, as our recent New Year's Eve party at church challenged,...
Finding Another New Normal
The holidays are over. Christmas came and went in the blink of an eye, and its remnants remain in all the decorations I have yet to take down and store, and a small mess of toys kept under the tree. The kids are back in school and we're slowly getting back into...
Autism Advisory System
Please be advised: Today is going to be a red-alert day. This means there is a severe risk for autism to take over more of your child in ways that are going to frustrate you, anger you, hurt you and threaten every comfort and expectation you desired for yourself and...
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