I am coming to the realization that many people ask if we would go thru this austism road if we knew this is where we would be. If we had a magic wand and would be able to go back in time, would we change our future??? And our honest answer is no. If I…

  Wanted to show the work my husband’s students have been working on in preparation for tomorrow’s balloon release event, for Autism Awareness Day. I’m just so proud of them. 💙  

As I see my son play in the backyard and jump the trampoline while our doggies chase him, I can’t help but feel a desire for him to have a friend. 💙

My husband is a high school teacher and for the month of April, he is spearheading an autism awareness campaign. His students have been working for about a month where they stay after school to work on posters. For April 2nd, Autism Awareness Day, their goal will be to have students sign a pledge where…

This election season is the first time my daughter is able to vote. Yesterday was the last day of early voting. And she was very excited. I promised her we would go together. My husband had stuff to do at work, so it was the three of us headed to the polls. And as you…

  I cannot die. What will happen to my monkey when I die? If my husband is still around, my monkey will be okay. But he will not be complete.  He looks for me when he is scared, he looks for me when he is sad, he looks for me for no reason, other than…

This past weekend we had family visit us from out of town.  They stayed with us for about 3 days and overall, the monkey did pretty good.  Other than one meltdown while we were all out and about, he tolerated our guests. My brother-in-law has a little girl the same age as my monkey.  She…

This day has been a very emotional day for me.  I have read about Sesame Street and Julia, their new autism character a few days ago.  However, I didn’t realize how much publicity this would receive.  I am very surprised at People magazine and the Today Show all doing stories about her.   I didn’t imagine…

My monkey started aqua therapy this summer.  The thing that many people don’t understand is how difficult it is for autistic kids to do this.  First, it’s something new and different.  That itself is extremely overwhelming.  Getting out of a routine is so scary for them.  Second, the noise.  The echo is a lot and…

We just came back from our family vacation.  And while we were very excited in taking this vacation, I knew it would be a little difficult with our monkey.  As special needs parents know, we have to pick and choose our battles. For example when we decided to go to a restaurant, we opted to…