This morning was hard……. really hard. And I can tell you through nearly eight years of navigating autism that my definition of “hard situations” has reached a level of extreme severity to use that word. First day back from break. I knew it would be difficult, it always is. But the events that unfolded IContinue reading “Tough transitions.”
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Sleep deprivation is weighing on me…
Through all of the struggles, hardest parts, and stressful parts of autism. The sleep deprivation is what is weighing down on me heaviest these days. Most nights I see every hour on the clock, it’s been this way for almost ten years. Jackson has never been a great sleeper. He’s never napped, stayed asleep, hisContinue reading “Sleep deprivation is weighing on me…”
Hang on tight…..
This season won’t last forever mama. One day parts of this journey will get easier and you’ll look back and wonder how you did it, question how you made it through. I don’t mean special needs parenting will get easier, but eventually you find a groove, or maybe you find help along the way. YouContinue reading “Hang on tight…..”
Do They Know?
This weekend as we got out of the car in a busy grocery store parking lot, and I immediately reminded my son who has autism to “hold my hand we are in a parking lot”. I thought to myself…. Do people know? When they see my seven year old son, who is nearly taller thanContinue reading “Do They Know?”
Come walk a day in our shoes.
Spend the time walking beside us and understand how hard he works to access our world each and every day. I hope you see that he brushes my shoulder each morning to wake me before the sun. That I gently dress him, brush his hair, his teeth and am working on teaching him to doContinue reading “Come walk a day in our shoes.”
21 Lessons From Autism in 2021
21 Lessons From Autism in 2021: 1. In their own time, in their own way. 2. People are curious and want to understand how to help, asking questions is just often uncomfortable. 3. It has brought some of the strongest, and most genuine women I know into my life. 4. Your behavior, as a parent,Continue reading “21 Lessons From Autism in 2021”
Lessons I’ve learned about marriage while raising a child with special needs.
“We’ve spent so much of our time and marriage teaching our son how to communicate somewhere along the way my husband and I forgot how to effectively do that with each other.”
A love letter to my fellow autism mom.
The love language for a special needs parent to feel seen, accepted, and understood is as simple as a head nod, and a “me too” on a zoom call or a quick chat on the phone. Or maybe even in the grocery store where your child is having a hard time. If you’ve ever beenContinue reading “A love letter to my fellow autism mom.”
A letter to the struggling autism mom.
Mama, I see you, and I feel your heartache. I understand that every single day is a back and forth balance of finding the joy and grieving the life you thought your child would have. Your days are now filled with therapy appointments, IEP meetings, arguments with insurance and sleep deprivation. You are now leadingContinue reading “A letter to the struggling autism mom.”
The gift of time
My word for 2020 is time. This photo popped up in my memories this morning and I think back to when I said “I wish time would stand still”. Well, this year it did. We had moments where we were thankful for the slow down and appreciated the time together, time we wouldn’t have hadContinue reading “The gift of time”
Jackson's Journey, Jackson's Voice 