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Awakening: Reinventing Mommy Celebrates 1000 Ausome Things #AutismPositivity2013
When I sat with my screen open to a blank page contemplating what I would write for Autism Positivity 2013, I had a hard time selecting one specific aspect of my sweet 4-year old autistic son that does...
View ArticleMore Than One Mom Can Provide
I love our developmental pediatrician, Dr. DP. He is open, honest, and never leaves me astray, which was what made today's appointment that much more difficult for this mom to handle.Jack's anxiety...
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I'm a Crappy Parent
I've spent the past 24 hours feeling like a seriously crappy parent. Really. Welcome to the pity party.Here's the deal: maybe I AM a crappy parent. Seriously! After all, it seems that autism...
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Worth The Wait
I don't like to throw out the "Consider Yourself Lucky" comments too often, but one instance in which I get those aimed in my direction is in regards to Jack's sleeping arrangements. You see, Jack has...
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His Own Two Feet
Our 2nd annual showing at the Georgia Walk Now for Autism Speaks was this past weekend. The year's Walk was punctuated by the fact that there was an absolute deluge occurring in Atlanta that very...
View ArticleBlame, Excuses, and The Big Picture
I'll admit that I'm a bit disappointed in the autism community over the past few days. There is a lot of anger. There are lots of blog posts to that effect, for sure. What I'm not seeing is solutions....
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Medication, Sleep Disturbances, and Other Things to Keep Me Up at Night
As many of you know, we started a trial of an anxiety medication for Jack called Tenex (technically, it's a blood pressure medication, but you get the idea). After a month of seeing no results, minus...
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Sensational Saturdays: Popcorn Bins and Bowls
We hear and read a lot about sensory bins and tubs, but I've always been one for expanding the sensory bin repertoire, so to speak. After all, bean tables have been done!So, when I think of sensory...
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The Paradox
I know I preach acceptance for autistics with my loudest voice, but lately I've had trouble coming to terms with a paradox of sorts. On the one hand, I feel that I must not - I cannot - demonize...
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In Their Own Time
We've been waging a battle of sorts in the Reinventing house. Jack's Big Boy Bed has been up for several weeks, but has seen relatively little use. We've tried everything, but as it is with so many...
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Someone You Never Knew
I debated bringing this up. It might be easier to leave it unsaid, it might be easier if I didn't speak of this so soon, but I need to say it. I need to talk about her. If I don't, it invalidates her;...
View ArticleNot The Worst Thing (Revisited)
For my original post entitled "Not the Worst Thing", click here.---The night before my surgery to deliver my little girl - as well as the day after - people kept offering to take Jack so I could get...
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Light in the Darkness
I've been - admittedly - disconnecting myself a bit from the world over the past week. I've communicated mainly through my email or through the voices of others, letting Brian do most of the talking...
View ArticleYet Another New Normal
I've spoken before about how we operate on the assumption of "our normal" - this crazy mish-mash existence of therapy, special education, and other conglomerations of acronyms that I never imagined...
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One Foot in Front of the Other
The past week has been a lifetime's worth of single moments and victories. Instead of the victories belonging to my boy - as they usually do - they have been hard fought steps made by me. You see,...
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But I won't cry for yesterdayThere's an ordinary worldSomehow I have to findAnd I will try to make my wayTo the ordinary worldI will learn to survive.~ Duran Duran, "Ordinary World"---I wrote last week...
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Would You?
Over the weekend, I came upon an article that claimed that the ability to "disable" the extra 21st chromosome children and adults with Down Syndrome carry - the extra chromosome that causes Down...
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Why I'm Not Hoping that the Royal Baby is Autistic...
Image Source: http://www.dukeandduchessofcambridge.org/life-in-pictures#naThere is something that I have been witnessing - mostly on Facebook - for a few days now, and I'm not sure I can let it go much...
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Being Soulmates
My anniversary is in 2 days. Brian and I have been married for 7 years. Before that, we were dating for about 7 years. So, we have now been married about as long as we dated, and we've been "an...
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Bubbles to Heaven
One of Jack's favorite things to do is chase bubbles. He sees some kind of beauty in the way they float by. I wish I could see it, because it makes his world far more beautiful than mine. The only...
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