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Some things changed for Tony on October 17th, the day Whispie died. He had done amazingly well in our vet’s office just 5 days earlier when Dickens, our beloved Catzilla, passed on. I think it was too soon for Tony to be back there after such an emotional scene, too soon for all of us,
There are individuals who think regressive Autism isn’t really a thing- that there must have been early signs and missed social milestones that parents failed to notice. As the parent of a child who has regressive Autism, I own a mountain of pictures and even some video that scream out just how real this has
To Candice, With Much Gratitude & Love… I love my son fiercely, but I have always understood when someone indicated babysitting him was not for them. Always. But I also cannot get around what it has been like to experience how infrequently we were able to find that kind of assistance…it is, like everything else, not
Tony feeds off of the emotions of those around him, especially people he deeply loves. So if a member of the family of his heart is having a bad day or rough moment, he can rapidly careen out of his own emotional equilibrium. Sometimes these situations can cause deviations to the schedule he’s used to.
I want to briefly say how grateful our whole family is to Emily (who does two sessions with us each week), for taking the time to share some of her knowledge about NMT and everything she has done to assist Tony while supporting our family. She goes out of her way to meet us places
I could hear the sound of children talking excitedly and calling to one another before we even crossed the doors. Inside, the noise was everything you would expect from an elementary school assembly devoted to building school spirit and honoring the achievements of certain students. A few teachers were leading some of the kids in
Some days when Tony and I are tackling our list of stores, he’s having a hard enough time getting through the environment that I end up feeling like a thoroughly punctured tire by the time we are done. And other days, he’s doing absolutely amazing and things are going so well I feel like there’s
To Gena, a Debt of Some Sanity… I do not think it is fair to place the responsibility for a person’s sanity on the doorstep of another, so I try to be fully accountable for myself that way, and yet, my friendship with Gena has had a huge role in preventing a plunge into the
A picture hints at a story like a cuttlefish…a moment of time is captured, and it looks a certain way. If the shutter closed one second quicker or is slightly delayed, perhaps a very different story would be implied. We all know pictures can give life to a lie…they can be redrawn so that nothing
This week we’re journeying a bit into Tony’s current therapy territory so that each of you can see some of what we spend so much time doing. There are going to be lots of photos with brief explanations about what we are doing in them to provide all of the support we possibly can for
