Adam’s voice is the best sound in my day. This week, I had the longest sustained conversation I’ve ever had with my son in the (nearly) nine years of his life. And it was about supper. Early in the morning, I thawed some chicken and mixed up the ingredients for some aptly named “chicken delicious.” […]
Unlocked: A Love Story by Karen Kingsbury My rating: 5 of 5 stars I love this book. Maybe it’s my perspective, but as a mother of two children on the autism spectrum and a woman of faith, I think it’s absolutely a must-read. I found myself treading lightly through the first half, saddened by the […]
My son has juvenile diabetes and autism, and he’s afraid to taste things. Well, he was.🙂 Word to the wise: Do not use the words I’ll never when discussing parenting your children. As a little girl, I lived by a few rules when it came to eating. First, we all ate the same thing for […]
Get your snapping fingers ready:)~ Adam has never liked costumes. When he was younger, I actually tried getting him to select things he wanted to wear for Halloween, but it was an exercise in futility, one of those efforts that just left me frustrated with his limited ability to communicate. It’s often the little things […]
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