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The Seeds of Independence

Independence, that place where you can have chocolate for breakfast every single day if you want… but that you know you shouldn’t. It sounds simple enough for those of us who just do it but having a child…
When they were small...

ASHTON JAMES Ashton's coming home outfit (left) and him as a newborn. He was born at 5lbs 14oz, 17.5in and was down to 5lbs 6oz when he came home (and probably got down to closer to 5lbs before he started gaining weigh…
Special Needs STEP-parenting

It's tough to be a parent of a special needs child. It's even tougher to come in as a step-parent to a special needs child. I'm going to sing some praises today and I hope this also serves as useful information to you…
Conversations with Bitty, How Far We've Come

Bitty asked me one evening as I took him upstairs to tuck him in for bed, "does me hab schoo tomowwow?" I couldn't help but smile, his wording is too cute but it is also an indicator of just how far he's come with h…
How Do You Plan For the Future?

These are my children. This is my heart and my entire life. Every one of them just as important. This photo shows so much personality. Nate, the clown in the front. The protective big brother Tyler with Sammy being a g…
Picture Day

I walked James in to school this morning, across the ghostly-white, foggy playground, to meet his aide. All around me were other parents, hustling their kids along too. Many of the boys sported hair that was precisely…
Needing a Bathroom Escort

If you’re here expecting something seedy, get your mind out of the gutter.
A boy, his brain and his heart

During dinner tonight, Cameron (my 6 yr old with Autism) began to explain that he did bad things yesterday because his brain told him too. His brain gave him the bad ideas and he had to listen to his brain and so th…
He Talks!

The boy doesn't want to play with me. Doesn't want me around him. Doesn't want me in the same room. He's sassy, but he's using language to sass me, so I'm going along with it. To an extent.
Trying to Build Bridges

Today, in an effort to build bridges with The Boy (whom I have spent the last few months arguing with more and more), it was decreed that we would have some Mummy and The Boy time.