Three years ago we sat in kid-sized chairs in a room at the local elementary school and heard, “We believe your son has autism.” And with that, a new story began for our family. New labels. New acronyms. New diets, doctors, and dangers. New teachers, therapists, and helpers. I’ve said and written it dozens of…
The lovely Anne at Modern Mrs. Darcy invited her readers to show off our bookshelves on her site today! I love to look at bookshelves when we visit someone’s house or office, so having all these bookshelves in one place will be so fun! We have bookshelves and book stacks all over the house, so I’m…
The hard: James (our 6 year old who has autism) has not adjusted to the time change. Since we fell back, he’s been waking up close to 4:00 each morning. Lee and I are trading off the early morning shift, but we sure are praying he adjusts soon! David (our 8 year old) has been…
It’s been so fun to see all the places Held has been showing up, like in pictures on Instagram and reviews by readers. I wanted to share the latest news about the book and let you know what’s coming up in the next few months! Lee and I are currently working on videos to go…
It’s time to flip the page on the calendar again! Can you believe in just two short months we’ll be in 2014? November and December always go so quickly. I’m thankful for the slowly changing leaves and weather that’s getting gradually colder. They remind me to slow down too. Here’s what I learned in October!…
Today is my big boy’s eighth birthday! I was thinking about how different the world is now from the world around me when I was eight. When we went to the grocery store today and he told me he didn’t need to wear his jacket because of global warming, I laughed because that was certainly…