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…
Author: Monkeynism AKA Autism
I'm the mom of a beautiful boy, who happens to have autism.
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…
Albertsons PEC
Our in-home trainer made us this Albertsons PEC, and he’s able to sort the letters with velcro. I love how his humming tells us how much he enjoys this task.❤️💙
It’s ok to ask for help.
I decided to go see a doctor on Monday. I don’t have a primary doctor. When I get sick, very sick, I go to the Urgent Care clinics. I realized that I need to take care of myself in order to be healthy for my family. But I didn’t want to take time off from…
