Monkeynism AKA Autism

He is Autism.

My husband went to an autism event with his students. There were different vendors and he saw this piece and he thought of me. I absolutely love it. In the back, the artist dedicated it to me with the message, “From one autism mom to another. 💙”It reads: He covers his ears in fear. Loud…

You have to take the time. 💙

I went out of town to a conference with a few coworkers. I’ve been in meetings with them before but we have never really talked about our personal lives. But when you’re our of town, it becomes personal quick. One of my coworkers asked about my kids. The usual, how old are they and things…

Perfectly said.

From: Respectfully Connected. 💙

You guys are doing a great job!

I’m out of town this week in a conference and of course it’s hard since this means extra work on the family. I called my daughter yesterday to see who was going to pick up the monkey and she tells me, “Mom we got this. Don’t worry.” And then last night I get this text…

Everything will be okay. 💙

Bouncy house.

My sister had a house warming party today and she invited a lot of people. We arrived early because I was going to help with the set up. We also arrived early because I knew this would be difficult for my son. My sister had a bouncy house. We haven’t been to a party with…

Our journey. 💙

As most of you know, around this time last year, it was a terrible time for us. My son came home full of bruises, we found out it was his teacher, then we started the fight to make sure he was not only fired, but that he would also lose his licence. Aside from the…

What matters most.

Yesterday we went to the park. My husband’s students had a clean up day in downtown. I had to take the food midday and the monkey went with me. While the students were unloading the food from my car, I was struggling with the monkey. Since his hospital procedure this past Friday, he’d been a…

My son is my hero. 💙

We are getting ready for this Friday’s hospital visit. This past Monday, we had a doctor’s appointment with my son’s pediatrician. He needed to fill out an evaluation form, basically saying the monkey is fit to be sedated. When the doctor arrived, my son started getting anxious. He knew what to expect and it was…