Autism Month. đź’™ Given it’s our everyday, I lost track of my dates…April is here…Autism Awareness/Acceptance month is here. I used to be excited that I had an excuse to share freely…now I feel it’s more and more critical in this upside down world we live in to not just share for “awareness” or “acceptance” … Continue reading Autism Month.
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Blank Space
I sit in front of a blank screen with a blinking cursor…a…lot. It’s not that I have nothing to say or don’t know what to say…it’s that the emotion behind it all is so epically crippling at times. I’ve immersed myself in blogs and books lately. Things and subjects I didn’t want to “be” my … Continue reading Blank Space
Contentment
Contentment: a state of happiness and satisfaction Contentment is a noun. It’s a state that is overlooked and underestimated. We are trained to live as a verb…to want more, to be more and to have more. Nothing is ever "good enough". Everyone is trying to keep up with the Jones'...even the Jones'! Who are the … Continue reading Contentment
Diagnosis
A diagnosis of Autism. 9 years ago…It’s taken 9 years to get here. I was devastated. Those words. That moment. Time stood still. My face burned and I felt tears fall uncontrollably. I had failed my son. 3 years into his little life and I’d failed. My body failed him; I failed him. I fell … Continue reading Diagnosis
Seeing Through the Blue Veil 