For the past few weeks, decorations have begun pushing up through the soil and fluttering around the tree branches of one home after another in our neighborhood. When I was younger, I can’t remember anyone beginning to decorate for Halloween so early. And I know that for some of you, the upcoming week may already
They say life isn’t like the movies, as if every day’s agenda will be definitively pulled from a drop menu of easily parsed platitudes. Some days can not be bound by such lists and assumptions. Entire years even can be unrestrainedly defiant of them. In this house we have been given a different script to
When Hannah asked me if she could write regular posts for our family’s blog, I supported her but have given her the option of taking time off if she needs to. Typically she writes her posts over the weekend before they run because of the time demands for schooling during the week. This past Saturday
To Andy, Gratitude That Can’t Tell it All Each week when I tell our family’s stories, there are some conspicuous holes. Our blog may look like a game of “Where’s Andy?” but in our household we know the answer. My love, thank you for working long and difficult hours to support our family. Thank you
This post is going on another one of those topical detours. Prior to Tony’s most recent diagnosis and medication, I had anticipated discussing a different topic. However, it is clear to me already after just a few days on his current med that this is going to dramatically change what public therapy outings look like
About 10 a.m. Monday morning I got a phone call from the office of Tony’s new developmental pediatrician. They had a cancellation for Tuesday, and were wondering if I’d like to take that appointment. Yes, yes, and heck yes! And then it hit me…I hadn’t filled out any of the gargantuan paperwork packet yet for
From where we left off on last week’s post, you can see that Tony has what are called “highly splintered skills.” This means that he’s doing much better in some areas than others. Currently, the gross motor skills we talked about last week are not the highest functioning domain for our little man. Tony’s highest
I am going to begin this week with a note that mostly applies to those of you who have signed up to receive my posts via e-mail. Thank you for taking time to read with us each week, by the way 🙂 As I’m sure some of you have noticed, the plugin that converts my
Hey guys! Its me, Hannah. Back with another post! 🙂 Most of us kids\teens have started school by now. Some are exited to go to school. Others are deeply bored by it. Some just don’t like their peers. And others are kinda in the middle. They don’t necessarily like school or hate it. And then
To the Awesome Ms. E, Tony’s Super Cool PT Ms. E came into our world a little over a year ago after her clinic responded to a vendor call from our support services coordinator seeking an in-home physical therapist willing to work with our little man. In-home PT’s are hard to come by on our
