May 2024
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When gratitude is not enough
As I was struggling parenting my Autistic children when they were younger I was often told by well-meaning people to express gratitude for the situation. The sentiment was expressing gratitude will help me focus on the positives and not dwell on the negatives which will improve the situation. Except it didn’t. I got to a Continue reading
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Sensory Beast
I did not recognize how much the inability to process sensory information dominated my child’s life. Have you heard the statement, “If it’s a tantrum it’s behavior but if it’s a meltdown it’s sensory.”? I thought all tantrums and meltdowns were behavior related but I was wrong. In my experience, a tantrum is usually due Continue reading
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Mother’s Day
Ahh, it’s almost Mother’s Day. That one time of the year where Mothers are singled out and noticed. Some mother’s celebrate the big day with their loved ones. Some mothers just want to be left alone. For me, I have no plans. Actually, I did have plans but it didn’t work out. I wanted to Continue reading
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