What does Autism Awareness Month mean to me? It means educating people about what autism is – the signs, the characteristics, the behaviors. It means teaching people how to act and what not to do with autistic people – say hi, don’t bully, be kind. It means learning that no two autistic people are exactly […]
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“Humble thyself in the sight of the Lord. And He shall lift you up.” I’ve been a little M.I.A. lately. For the last three months I’ve been helping plan a women’s retreat as a team leader through my church. It’s been the most amazing and humbling experience I’ve ever been through. My team consisted of […]
Imagine. Two pictures. One is a person alone sitting in a chair, elbows on a table with their hands clasped together praying. Their forehead bowed down touching their praying hands. The other picture has that same person in the same position. Only this time, Jesus is sitting on the other side of the table with […]
My Fighter Daniel, You truly are the strongest boy I know. You just turned 5 years old last week, but the amount of surgeries, challenges, and struggles you’ve gone through makes you braver than most people. You were born with a syndrome that affects a lot of your body parts, hence all the procedures you’ve […]
Our house is dead silent. It’s the middle of the day and everyone is sleeping. Not just because it’s nap time, but because our entire family has to decompress from what just happened. The hour-long meltdown that just occurred on the drive home. This always happens. We can’t go anywhere anymore without a meltdown on […]
I recently had my own autism evaluation done on myself. With all three of my kids on the spectrum, I was curious to see if it was a part of me too. It got me thinking about my childhood and made me wonder why I did certain things. I was on a waitlist for 8 […]
My niece Eve is one of the brightest, most observant, and authentic kids I know. She’s 4 years old, but will be turning 5 in a few weeks. She has a beautiful soul and a very special bond with each one of my kids. She and Daniel get along really well and play together most […]
There’s a saying that goes, “when you’ve met one person with autism, then you’ve met one person with autism.” Meaning no two autistic people are alike, everyone has different challenges. That couldn’t be anymore true for my family. All three of kids have autism, but they are all so completely different from each other. Although […]
My son Daniel has been challenging since the beginning. He is strong-willed with a big personality and has even bigger feelings. He cried all the time as a baby. I attributed his big emotions back then to him being in pain. He had a cast on his leg the first few months of his life […]
Disclaimer: Due to privacy concerns, names have been changed to protect the identity of minors. There’s a little girl in my son Nicholas’s class. I’ll call her “E.” Nicholas and E just met this year in Kindergarten. They like to play outside together. They like to sit by each other in school. They even like […]