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 [...]
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Posted in autism, life, parenthood, walkabout, tagged Asperger's, broken bone, child, escape, family, no soup for you, respite, swelling on April 19, 2008 | 9 Comments »
So the long-suffering Cabana Boy and myself conceived it would be a great idea to steal a date night for the two of us. What were we thinking?
We left the children with my daughter, who has five kids of her own, knowing they were in good hands, and headed to Erie–I know, not the fancy [...]
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Posted in humor, life, parenthood, tagged carnival, closeness, family, get-together. moving, hurricane, relation, sister on February 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »
One reason we relocated to Pennsylvania from Florida 18 years ago was for family. Not for the weather. Really. For sure. Word.
At the time, we lived in Homestead–before Hurricane Andrew committed suburban renewal thereupon. One sister lived in California, another in Chicago, and the last in Erie, PA. We were widespread, exchanged phone calls and [...]
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Posted in autism, humor, life, parenthood, writing, tagged ADD, attention span, autism, family, garage sale, Great American Novel, multi-tasking, murder mystery, summer, vacation on February 23, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Though the winter deluge has not yet ceased (to my dismay) it is nearly the dreaded time to plan the summer vacation.
It’s not the vacation that’s dreaded, of course; it’s the planning. The adventure of when, where, why and how much always falls in my lap because my husband shares his son’s ADD and I’m [...]
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