Broken

The other day, I was reading a blog I adore by a lady who has a son with Aspergers (both of whom I am sure I would also adore if I were to ever meet them).   The post was about the blogger’s child, and one of the comments read something to the effect of  “I [...]

Hindsight

When Timothy was 3 and Sarah was a newborn, there was a problem in play group.  One of the mothers had an unpleasant, violent  child.    To make matters worse, the mother rubbed us all the wrong way from the get go (she was fairly new to the area) and people were leaving the group because [...]

Falling

I have always loved Autumn.  As a child, I always loved returning to school – even when I “hated” school  the fact that I would see my friends, be out of my house and be back in a regular routine in a place where I could excel if I chose to do so was comforting.  I love [...]

Children in the Mist

Timothy has a TSS worker this year.  I put up a bit of a fight against Timothy having what I think of as a personal assistant, but the school won.  They fight dirty,  all finger pointing and hair rending, threats of  “special schools”  and teacher break downs.    Alright, so the hair rending and finger pointing [...]

A sign

“What’s wrong with your kid?”  The question startled me.  The little girl, about 7 or 8, peered at me behind long blonde bangs.  Her wide set blue eyes blinked rapidly in her dirt smudged face.  She was thin, and dressed in a Sarah-esque manner… multi-colored polka dotted black ruffled skirt, striped socks, plastic high heels [...]

Happy Thoughts

“Remember, think Happy Thoughts!”  trilled Betsy as Timothy just about skipped out of the office waving a paper plate, yarn and feather dream catcher.  Timothy said good bye unprompted and even added “see you later!”.
Betsy is Timothy’s new therapist.  She is a pretty woman of about my age, soft and approachable looking in a not-too-matronly [...]

Left Handed Pencil Sharpeners

Timothy loves a few things in life a great deal.  One of those things is sharp pencil.  We go through a lot of pencils in this house, as well as a lot of erasers and pencil sharpeners.  Somehow we are blessed with a seemingly never ending supply of  free pencils advertising local businesses, children’s birthdays  [...]

Tilt-a-Whirl

It was field trip day at the park.  The kids poured out of the bright yellow buses wearing happily colored matching tee shirts.  Pink, yellow, blue, white and green assembled in the parking lot like  chatty flowers.
Wearing my chaperone gray, I found our group of yellow.  The teachers stood in a black shirted knot in [...]

OMG

Aside;  I thought about calling this post “Holland Sucks”, but don’t feel like explaining it.
Some days, all I want to do is hide.  I love my jobs, but I am tired.  I love my family, but I am tired.  I love the pets, but I am tired.  I try so hard not to be whiny [...]

Update

I have had quite a lot going on, and have been neglecting the poor blog.  So, here is what is new… blurb style a la Facebook;

I got another job.  I am now working 7 days a week,  averaging out to around 45 to 50 hours.   The new job is at a local garden center and [...]