I didn’t take back-to-school pictures of my kids this year. I didn’t forget like I did in pre-K. We didn’t run out of time, as I’m sure was the case another year. I simply admitted to myself that of all the battles to be fought that morning, that one I could let go. Me letting […]
Tag: Autism
Quick side story: I’ve been wanting to do more writing and finding it tricky to fit it into our wild summer schedule, so my awesome therapist and life guru recommended that I try a new app called Otter to capture thoughts and ideas. You record your thoughts and it creates a transcript for you. The […]
“You know everyone thinks you’re a terrible mother, right?” When someone uttered these words to me this week, I laughed. I laughed. And that, my friends, is progress. Do you know how many tears I’ve cried? How much sleep I’ve lost? How much therapy I’ve invested in? How much inner work I’ve done to laugh […]
I was a just-right child for most adults — the kind introverted enough to not talk much in class, anxious enough to deeply fear getting into any degree of trouble, engaged enough to want to learn, people-pleasing enough to strive for good grades and reviews, and not quite brave enough to ask too many difficult […]
I just watched a big, burly Dad swing his front door open and walk outside to play with his adorable toddler daughter — pigtails, pink and purple everywhere, smiles for miles. Perfection, I thought. Cute, happy little girl…must be nice snuck into my mind. And then I noticed that the dad had a big ol’ […]
Today, I am grateful for almost a decade of front-seat parenting. I just put a name to this concept, but it occurs to me now that it’s been in play for years and years. This weekend, I drove thirteen hours to drop my boys off at their Nana and Pop-Pop’s house. It’s a win-win — […]
I’m on vacation in one of my favorite places — there’s ocean air and sunshine and people I enjoy so much — and this trip is one we’ve delayed for a year and a half and looked so forward to. It almost didn’t happen. We almost cancelled…twice. But in the end, we decided to roll […]
Well, that didn’t take long. It’s day two of this gratitude parade, and I was already trying to talk myself out of showing up. (I’m tired. I have more time tomorrow. There’s no way I can keep this up for a whole month…) But, honestly, if I wasn’t sitting down to reflect on the goodness […]
“Mom, do I have Autism?” Those words stopped my mama heart for a moment. I was grateful my boys were buckled safely in the back seat where they couldn’t see the panic in my eyes. I meant for my tentative “Yes, you do” to come out with more confidence, but my brain was racing ahead […]
Now before you come at me, hear me out. I love me some holiday hubbub. Like legit LOVE. If I had it my way, I would sing every carol, hang every strand of lights (well, maybe hire it done because ladders and me, we’re a non-starter), go to every holiday production, beautifully wrap every present […]
