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A few days ago I was walking with Tony through one of our local parks, when I spotted a group of Monarch butterflies hanging down from the tips of some flowering plants like amber crystals from a chandelier. I instantly thought about how much Hannah would have loved to see that (she was in school),
BCBA1 For over two years now as the assistant clinical supervisor for Tony’s ABA programs, you have patiently and quietly interacted with our family each month, providing support to us, Casandra, and each supervising BCBA…and even by my calendar a thank you is long overdue. I am so grateful for the way you believe in
About 3 years ago, I had just headed out on a walk with Tony and Hannah when Andy called me. The garage door had broken free from its rails and he was trapped inside the garage. Because I was strength training pretty heavily still at that time, I was physically the strongest person in our
I am often asked what my plans are for Tony in terms of public or private schooling, especially around this time of year when school age children are typically headed off to one classroom or another. In previous years, my answer was there were important behavioral concerns we were addressing in therapy at home that
A couple of weeks ago, my mother-in-law went in to an urgent care accompanied by one of her fabulous daughters. Though the provider there was told multiple times that there was a sudden onset of symptoms between one day and the next, the individual involved repeatedly dismissed that and said that it was probably just
You and I were talking many years ago it feels like at this point, and you were telling me how you could tell that I spoke sweetly to Hannah because she always spoke sweetly to you while you were watching her, and you thanked me for the way I was raising her. I was always
This week our family’s beloved matriarch, my mother-in-law, has entered into hospice. For those of you from other countries or areas that may not be familiar with what that is, it is end of life care. As Hannah reminded me, her grandmother always tells people to bring her flowers while she’s still alive because she
I have lived somewhere in this metropolis for 29 of the past 31 years, split into two periods of time. I don’t ever recall a time where the rain poured with such steady thickness for so many hours as it did last Sunday, but I had chosen to ignore to the flash flood warning messages
Anyone working with our son quickly finds out that he wants everything to go exactly the way he wants it to go 100% of the time…and that he is very determined about trying to arrange things to get exactly that. There are many reasons of course why that cannot be encouraged, ranging from the fact
Truth is, I planned on writing about a different topic this week. But at this point, I’ve tried to drown my frazzled in about half a cup of Cherry Garcia and not quite managed to fully find, rescue, or resuscitate my tranquil…so I figured this was as good a week as any. Even when I
