Over the past few weeks, I have given a glimpse into some of the struggles that I have while parenting a child with autism. While it may appear that I am complaining , that is not the case. This blog is about our adventures as a family dealing with autism. I believe that it is important to paint an accurate picture of that adventure. Some days are easier than others….
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Stinker in the pool!
Yesterday, I decided to join the children in the pool to play. I have been trying to do this more often and not spend the pool time doing yard work or other chores. Certainly, when they are older, they will remember that I joined in the fun not that the yard looked cute or the house was clean. Plus, it’s fun. After yesterday’s post, you know that I am so…
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Can you please be quiet now?
I feel kinda bad even wishing for Logan to be quiet. Like I am being ungrateful or something. You see, for the first 5 years of Logan’s life, I prayed for him to talk. I prayed more for that than I have ever prayed for anything before or after. Fall on my face while boohoo crying and praying. I promised God everything under the sun during those years. I even…
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Even young people get attacked!
I learned an important lesson this week with Logan’s camp experience. When you are doing God’s work, it doesn’t matter if you are young or old. Satan will attack you. Satan doesn’t want you to do anything that brings glory and honor to God. Satan will do whatever is necessary and he doesn’t care about your age. Logan is not a perfect child by any stretch of the imagination. With…
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Logan left for camp!
Logan left this morning for camp. He is attending the CentriKid camp (http://www2.lifeway.com/centrikid/) at a local college. Last year was extremely successful for him. This could be entirely contributed to the great chaperones that went with him. They were willing to scaffold him and do whatever it takes to make it successful for him. This year, he was excited to go since his best friend, Thomas , was going too….
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Tiger comes to visit!
Tiger is spending a few days with us. He needed time to regroup and I needed assistance with some pre birthday projects. The children are so happy to spend time with him that I decided that was more important than doing lessons this week. For those of you who don’t know him, Tiger is technically my nephew. I say technically because I have had him live with me since he…
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Flashback to hell
Got your attention didn’t I? I had a conversation with someone at church recently that reminded me of the early autism years. She was telling me that she knew someone that has a child with autism and she spoke of me to her. She told me that she had hoped to encourage her to come to church with the story of how well our church has embraced Logan (they have…
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Autism and Siblings
I have had an epiphany lately. Amazing , I know. lol Anyway, when you have a child with autism , you feel like you spend every waking moment breathing autism. You research therapies and supplements. You ferry the child to all the various therapies. Then you work on those therapies at home. You cook special food and therapists traipse in and out of your home. You help out other moms…
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This is one of the many reasons that I love homeschooling!
There are many reasons that I love home schooling. I get to watch my children learn, play great games with them and I know that they are getting a Christian education. One particular reason has presented itself in my local support group lately and in other autism blogs. Children with autism are not very good at routine changes. While Logan has improved in this area tremendously, he can still get…
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Angel in Disguise
Logan and I got up early this morning (well, early for us) to go to the church’s food pantry to help make up the Christmas food baskets for the needy. I left Madison home sleeping because I knew that I would need to shadow Logan and to scaffold accordingly. God had other plans for us this morning. On the way to the church, our tire went flat. Not a little…
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