Posted in life, parenthood, walkabout, tagged balance, bump in the road, children, commitment, marriage, parent, priorities, stress, time, work on May 6, 2008 | 12 Comments »
You know, every once in awhile you just hit a real bump in the road.
So many of us “manage,” we do the best we can every day as spouses, as parents, to try to keep our fingers in the old dyck for as long as possible. But sooner or later, the water just gets too [...]
Posted in autism, life, parenthood, walkabout, writing, tagged autistic, carnival, children, crutches, electronic music, family, music, nature, spring on April 28, 2008 | 6 Comments »
We’ve had a remarkably non-autistic week.
The children have squabbled with each other and bossed each other just like everyone else’s kids. They’ve told endless jokes at the dinner table. It’s been maddening. But again, this must be progress.
Captain Oblivious is recovering well and has discovered that he can, in fact, walk on his cast [...]
Posted in autism, life, parenthood, tagged autism awareness, autistic, children, neurodiversity on April 2, 2008 | 5 Comments »
They say if you’ve seen one person with autism…you’ve seen one person with autism.
Now you’ve seen two–AND Ditto Boy. Talk about neurodiversity…
Posted in autism, divorce, life, parenthood, tagged children, empty nest, exchange student, generation, stepchildren, women on March 24, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I was reading this article on empty nests, and it seems experts find this less an issue these days. I suspect that has something to do with the fact that women are no longer relegated to housewife status, and many of us have outside interests to pursue full-time once the children move out.
Ah, there’s the [...]
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