These are my scratched up hands. The monkey had a meltdown a week ago. And my hands are still healing. This is the part that I always struggle with. Going to the office, hiding my hands during meetings, trying so hard not to have to explain why my son hurt me. This is our autism…
Grandparents Love
My dad got admitted again to the hospital. He went to the emergency room Wednesday with a lot of pain and was admitted. The following morning on Thursday, I went to see him. He was in so much pain. He said he’d been in pain all night and wasn’t able to sleep. I called his…
Bella
Our beloved Bella, golden retriever, passed away about a week ago. She’s been with us for over 16 years. She’s been such a big part of our family and we feel the void now that she’s not here. The monkey had been doing really well at school. The teacher’s notes were always positive, letting us…
Siblings of special needs children
Every night before school, my daughter will prepare my son’s lunch. She will call me during the day to remind me to buy juices, or grapes, or whatever it is that we are running low on his lunch. She always makes sure her brother is taken care of. The past few months, when my son…
Forgiveness
My husband and my daughter have been leaving the house to work while the monkey and I stay home. The monkey has been home since he has a few weeks off before school starts. He’s been doing really good being at home. For the most part, he lets me work. He likes to be outside…
Ice Pops
When your ASD child tries something new, an ice pop. #ProudAutismParent♥️😭
Perspective. ❤️
Right now we have opened canned dog food hidden in our closet. The monkey likes to feed the dogs until they eat everything in their bowl. But our oldest dog, Bella isn’t very hungry lately. She just wants to sleep. So that the monkey doesn’t force feed Bella, then we hide the food. We will…
Much needed hug. ❤️
I’m so proud of you the monkey. He’s been in summer school for two weeks now. Different school, only half day, and then he gets dropped of at home. Change is always hard for him but he’s taking it so well. My dad has been in the hospital for over a week now. We’ve been…
Treasure these days.
Waiting for the bus this beautiful cool morning. We’ve been having really good days. The monkey’s been happy and calm. We treasure these days. ❤️
Happy Father’s Day
We want to wish all fathers out there a very Happy Father’s Day. Thank you for all that you do! ❤️
Our Unique Home
We have been working on our home for the past year or so. We’ve updated the kitchen, bathrooms, backyard. One of the things that I keep thinking about are those ‘different’ changes we have made that are specifically for our son. These unique upgrades would make most ‘typical’ households question why we have them. I…
Patience & Love
This past year has been tough for so many of us. The monkey is no exception. He’s struggled a lot with virtual learning, going back to class, mask wearing, and now his phobia of going out. But as this school year is coming to an end, I wanted to share the teacher’s note from few…
Monkeynism AKA Autism 