And just like that I have a teenager… Lord I thank you for my son and the blessings he has brought to my life. I thank you for his kindness and his willingness to be a servant. I ask that you would show us how to help him navigate this new journey he’s on. I […]
Tag: autism
Fer real?
there are times as a parent that you just look at your child and say: fer real kid? It’s especially fun when that child is a mini me *SARCASM* So. Lets backstory this. Today must be a bad ADHD day, cause I went down to have breakfast around 7:30am, my daughter went up to start […]
the stare
she just looked at him in wonder. “I wonder where he goes in that stare,” she said to her husband. The stare she was referring to was her sons. He would just get into this zone and stare. Nothing would be wrong. Nothing would be off – just the stare. She once asked her son […]
Masking is par for the course
In psychology the definition of Masking: deliberate act of hiding or masking one stimming quality to appear normal. So in essence, people who are (in our case) neurodivergent find themselves hiding a stim (hand shaking, mouth movements, odd dance like movements) to appear “normal” to others. Par for the course right? Change who God made […]
Cha cha changes
Cha Cha changes – oh wait it’s Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes … Turn and face the strange. Yeah it’s strange around here. We are going through some changes as a family and man it’s … oh it’s a ride y’all. As I’ve said before, we are a neurodivergent family. As a ND family, the key thing to remember […]
God always shows ya
God always shows you how much He loves ya. Are you looking for those signs?
For real tho
I have 2 kids who are just awesome. They are both special needs – one with autism and the other with major ADHD and Anxiety. They understand things differently than us. Which is cool cause it causes us to have some amazing conversations. Which is big for me – cause as a kid I never […]
speak
He looked at the crowd. Fear gripped his heart. ‘what do I do? What do I say?’ The silence filled his heart. ‘where can i go? how do i get out of here?’ he scanned the room for his mom. Where was she? She would know….wait….. he moved forward cautiously. not wanting to disturb anything. […]