Not too long ago, I heard an interview with an autistic man who was talking about his childhood. He said, “My mom always insisted that I greet everyone whom I approached or who approached me. I didn’t understand why this was so important to her or why she got so upset with me when I […]

Last Sunday, we took the kids to eat at Andy’s after church.  The kids love eating at Andy’s.  Second only to visiting the giant gum ball machine is the joy of selecting a cheap toy from the display case after they finish eating.   We punch a token out of the bottom of the cardboard classic […]

Riley is involved in a “luv triangle.” She gets all giggly around one of the boys in her class this year (who was also in her class last year) and tosses her hair back when he’s in the room. I have heard that she just “lights up” when he walks through the door. There’s another […]

Hello! God has a way of smacking me upside the head and helping me see more clearly. That’s exactly what happened to me when I viewed this YouTube video: I have two autistic children, and yet if I’d met this woman on the street, I’d have had absolutely no clue that she was so brilliant, […]

What mother doesn’t feel great about the fact that she can kiss bruised palms and scraped knees and see tears instantly disappear? Last night while I was busy bathing Zoe, Riley somehow managed a nasty scrape on the top of her foot. Don’t ask me how. Thirty seconds before the scrape appeared, she had been […]

It’s a good thing that God has used my children to teach me to have a sense of humor about myself, because lately I am just “cracking myself up” all the time. The kids and I started a tradition a few years ago wherein we spend the week before Thanksgiving celebrating some of the people […]

Ms. Jaime, Harris Creek Elementary’s OT, told me a “Riley story” today that is so classic Riley I just had to retell it here. I love hearing the words, “I’ve got one for the blog!”🙂 Apparently Riley stopped in to visit Ms. Jaime one day before Halloween and initiated a conversation (YEA, Riley!!). “Ms. Jaime, […]

I looked up this morning from my Bible, and there was Adam, coming down the stairs with his shirt on backwards and as usual, a big grin on his face. Me: Good morning, Adam! Adam: Good morning! Coffee? Me: Yes, you can have a little, but it’s not ready yet. It has to brew first. […]

What a blessing it is that God uses our kids to help us have a sense of humor about ourselves. I just love the things they say. Just this morning, Zoe was studying Kevin’s face carefully and said, “Daddy, you have a very sneaky nose.” I almost choked on my cereal. Just last week, my […]

Hello all, So many of you have said, “I haven’t received any updates on the kids lately (a comment for which I feel extremely blessed—that you pray for us and want to know means more to us than words can say),” that Kevin and I thought we’d start a blog that you can read if […]