Autism

A helpful boy

On a recent trip to Walmart with my parents, Noah went through the line with them, and Eric and the other kids and I all went through another line. When we met up, my Mom filled me in on what happened at their check out. She told me that Noah had been doing little things [...]

Hey! He has brown skin!

Today, we were fortunate to get to have a lunch out with some women from church. We met at a McDonalds with an indoor play area and let our kids play while we all got to visit. It was just what I needed! While we were there, Noah had to coo over the new baby [...]

You mean I get to take Communion EVERY week?

I’ll write more about this general topic, but I am please to announce that Noah, our eldest, and the child that we worried so much about communion for, because of his Autism (Asperger’s Syndrome), has officially made his First Holy Communion! I still can get teary-eyed right now as I remember singing along to the [...]

a tardy is a tardy is a tardy…kind of

On Thursday morning, I was already planning on driving the boys to school. They were having Fall Parties in their classes, and I was sending in a refreshment for one class and cupcakes for another, so I didn’t want them to try to take them on the bus with them. But, well…I’m sick. And, I’m [...]

7 Random Things Meme

I was tagged by my friend Becca for the Seven Random Things Meme. I have done this before, and cannot remember what I wrote before. I will try to be sure to write things I think I would not have listed before. 1. I finally broke down and bought a pair of Crocs a couple [...]

Maybe you’d like to be a priest when you grow up…

Last night during RCIA, my boys ended up being brought over to me. (Noah got scared and declared that “the church is creepy at night,” since they had gone to play outside with Jim (one of the RCIA organizers). I felt bad that Jim looked like he felt bad that Noah cried, but I tried [...]

A little slice of "normal"

I don’t think I think too often about ways our lives are different from other families. Sure — every so often when someone we know talks about taking a trip to a petting zoo or how much their kids loved going to an amusement park and riding all the rides, I think, “Isn’t it funny [...]

Truly Random Reflections (long posting)

I haven’t had a chance to get on for a few days, and so, from the Random Reflections from Angie blog come some Truly Random Reflections from the last several days… *I think I have whiplash. Seriously. I was shopping at Target on Saturday afternoon and was going to leave. I was about to pull [...]

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