Tag: Autism and Halloween

  • Some Halloween Gratitude

    My friends, family, and loved ones: I have so many things I need to do still tonight and for the remainder of the week. My eloquence is toast, my desire to create artistically pleasing phrases to describe our circumstances is worn to silence by hand-wringing over the to-do list. So briefly: I am grateful for…

  • November Gratitude & Some Reading

    A Few Bits of Gratitude I started off this week feeling so grateful that Tony recovered enough from a recent viral illness to go Trick or Treating this Halloween. He hasn’t been since he was six and hasn’t really expressed any interest in ever going again. Generally, he doesn’t like costumes, and for candies, really…

  • October Gratitude & Some Reading

    Pastor James and Pastor Susan When I first texted Pastor James for permission to bring Tony in to First Church outside of worship services to help acclimate him to that environment, he had only met me once and Tony not at all. To both Pastors- James and Susan- thank you for so graciously supporting our…