This afternoon, when I picked the kids up from school, Zoe ran over to the van.  Weeping. I opened the door and pulled her into my lap, and the words came tumbling out with her tears. “Mom, Emily said she hated me.  And then, when we were leaving school, and I was telling Roxanna what […]

Ah, it feels so good to be back here. All week I’ve been itching to write, but it’s not just the wordsmithing that I love (and I LOVE the wordsmithing), it’s the knowledge that some of you out there really hear me.  And I need to tell you something:  I’m not the only one in […]

Sometimes the ironies of my life amuse me. Every day after school, before I’ll let Adam get in the van, he has to have a short conversation with me–an appropriate greeting and the answer to at least one question.  Adam is usually anxious to get in, having left his favorite treasures—George, his calculator, his mp3 […]

Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered. It keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, […]

Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. ~Galatians 6:9 Sometimes I feel so weary.  These are the days when I feel the truth of my inadequacy, and also the best days for acknowledging the reality of God’s tremendous […]

1. Give your dragon your full attention at least once a day.  Dragons get bigger when they are ignored. 2. Really get to know your dragon.  Give it a name.  What sort of dragon is it?  Look at it hard, then draw a picture of it. 3. If you make your dragon laugh, it might […]

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 […]