I press my hands together to keep them from shaking as I look back over my shoulder at the Roc in the dark, his eyes are wide and his face blank. The oncoming traffic momentarily lights up his face and I recognize his look to signal fear. “I’m anxious…” he says staring straight ahead. “My [...]
Archive for January, 2012
1st Practice
Posted in Life Stuff, tagged autism, basketball, development, gross motor, parenting, sensory issues, sensory processing disorder, special needs parenting on January 23, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Sucker Punch
Posted in Life Stuff, tagged autism, grief, parenting on January 16, 2012 | 34 Comments »
Written on Wednesday night when I came home from a evening out in the neighborhood. I was feeling the happiness only a few margarita’s can provide, buzzy, light, and slightly numb. I needed it, the evening had completely fallen apart around dinner time. A meltdown. Lots of screaming — you can’t have a meltdown in this [...]
Holidays, a Recap
Posted in Holidays, Life Stuff, tagged autism, Christmas, christmas eve, family tradition, holidays on January 13, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I started a post about the holidays a couple weeks ago…and never finished it. I have a few other unfinished posts in my dashboard, a couple in my head that are screaming to get out, (basketball! swimming!) and one that I wrote in a margarita haze last night after coming home from a neighborhood gathering. [...]
