The moment you'd let your guard down, he would take off across the yard. The next thing you know, you're tackling a preschooler on your front lawn.
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Tag: worry
The Perfect Kid For Me
Having Autism or any special needs doesn’t mean the absence of personality or humor. All of his quirks - good and bad - are his and I love him.
Teaching Our Kids About Those Who Are Different
Teach them to fear Styrofoam and they will cower at packing peanuts forever unless someone shows them how you were wrong. Teach them to fear people and the same thing will happen.
The Times When You’re Just Not Feeling It
The reality is that there are plenty of times when we, as adults, need to get away from the kids in order to steal a few sobering moments to ourselves.
Life After Stress
Worrying never did anything for me. All it did was make the moments before uncertainty worse by filling me with impending dread.
We’re Supposed To Say “No” Sometimes
There are very few good parenting moments that allow us to put our feet up in another room, but this is one of them. It's like finding a vegetable that tastes like ice cream cake.
Her Brother’s Keeper
The tiny little person who we were most concerned about in terms of dealing with her brother's Autism pretty much schooled us on how to deal with her brother's Autism.
The First Bus Ride
The hardest thing about my non-verbal son's first day of school was sending him alone on that bus.
We’re All Screwing Up
We're all artists who can't enjoy our own work because we see the errors that no one else does.
Preparing For Battles That Never Happen
You stop caring about what people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.
