Our Normal - We Social Story
In our little corner of the world, I sometimes find myself craving some normalcy. Some parts of life seem so far from normal anymore, that I almost forget what “normal” is supposed to look like. I’ve gotten used to “our normal”. Our daughter got invited to her very first friend sleepover party. She was beyond [...]
Wordless Wednesday / Self-Expression
A picture of my guy. The mohawk was a great exercise in his self-expression. Then, my wonderful friend, who has a great relationship with our guy, suggested some spray-on color, and he was intrigued. She purchased some for him and he was so excited to be sporting the red tonight! For me, this [...]
Review: One Year Ago
Tonight, kind of just for fun, I looked back to see if I’d blogged in 2011, on October 14th. Sure enough, I had. And it was such a timely post. In the past year, since that post, we’ve made many new friends and contacts. Some know about our son, others do not. It was good [...]
The Joy of Imperfection
One of the issues we deal with in Picasso’s Asperger Syndrome is the need for perfection. He is eight years old, and looking back, I can see time after time where he’s done his work perfectly. If he couldn’t do it perfectly, he would often just not do it. If he couldn’t get it perfect [...]
On Forgiving, Even When "It’s Not Okay"
This morning Picasso & the Princess threw something at each other. {“At”…not “to”…not okay.} I called Picasso upstairs from the basement to ask what was going on. He started to recount what had happened - that the Princess had thrown something at him, and he threw it back. This, of course, required the Princess to come [...]
Fall Outing
Today, Tim and I had the day to spend together. We decided that since the weather was nice, we’d take a drive up north a little and see some of the fall colors along the river. The colors weren’t as vivid as we’d hoped, but we had a great time together! Here are a few [...]
Inside the Mind
I’ll start this post in an unusual way - by saying that this post may be of no interest to anyone except me. I had an interesting conversation with Picasso today that may be insightful, or maybe incomplete, or that maybe he didn’t fully understand and so couldn’t reply appropriately. We were driving home from [...]
Autumn
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” -Albert Camus This is my favorite time of the year. The long days of summer have passed; the cold, East coast winter has not set in yet. It’s still warm enough to get outside to enjoy the sunshine on our faces. And the deep, [...]
