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Hello Middle School
This week Katie started 6th grade. My daughter is in middle school. How did that happen? I know it’s a cliche, but time is simply flying by, galloping forward and gaining speed. My baby is no longer my baby, or … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, My Life
Tagged Advocacy, Annie Sullivan, Anxiety, Autism, Behavioral Issues, Change, Expectations, Fear, Helen Keller, Middle School, Special Education, Transitions, Unplanned Life, Waiting
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Welcome to Summer School, Part 2
Victoria never did call back. Nor did anyone from the Pleasanton School District, although a district staff person recognized Katie and brought her to her classroom. “Immediately,” the teacher would emphasize later. “They brought her to me immediately.” Yeah, but … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, My Life
Tagged Acceptance, Autism, Behavioral Issues, Fear, Letting Go, Special Needs, Speech Delay, Transitions, Unplanned Life
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Welcome to Summer School, Part 1
Back in April 2014, when Autism A to Z was making its public launch, I produced a special Storied Nights: An Evening of Spoken Word that focused on autism spectrum disorder. The year before I’d been published in Chicken Soup … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, My Life, Other Writers
Tagged Autism, Behavioral Issues, Bus, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Raising Kids on the Spectrum, Connie Post, Fear, Jennifer Bush, Katherine Briccetti, Laura Shumaker, Michele Bissonnette Robbins, School bus, Special Needs, Storied Nights, Transitions, Unplanned Life
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Pioneers
Given that I recently completed a poetry chapbook of autism poems (oh yes I did!) and read at an autism awareness event sponsored by the Sacramento Poetry Center at the UC Davis MIND Institute in Sacramento earlier this week, … Continue reading
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Tagged Autism, Fear, Pioneers, Poetry, Unplanned Life, Writing Life
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Second Guest Post on Monday Coffee
The multi-talented Liz Whiteacre asked me to do another guest post for the Monday Coffee and Other Stories of Mothering Children with Special Needs website and blog. If you remember, I had a story published in the Monday Coffee anthology back in … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, My Life, News, Other Writers, Publications
Tagged Acceptance, Anger, Autism, Autism Awareness, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Raising Kids on the Spectrum, Comparison, Fear, Grace, Monday Coffee and Other Stories of Mothering Children with Special Needs, Reading, Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, Tyann Sheldon Rouw, Unplanned Life, Writing Life
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I’m Sorry If I Scare You
I recently read a post on Brevity’s blog that was titled, “I’m Sorry You Scare Me.” Brevity, for those of you that don’t know, is a literary journal that focuses on flash (very short) nonfiction. The article was a guest … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Books, My Life, Other Writers
Tagged Acceptance, Adoption, Authenticity, Autism, Beloved, Brevity, Dating, Denial, Elizabeth Gaucher, Eowyn Ivey, Fear, I'm Sorry You Scare Me, Infertility, Loss, Open Adoption, Single Parent, The Snow Child, Toni Morrison, Unplanned Life
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Camp Loma Mar, Part 1
Last week my daughter Katie went to outdoor education camp with her 5th grade classmates. Such a simple statement. But for a child with autism, nothing is ever as simple as it seems, and Camp Loma Mar was no exception. … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, My Life
Tagged Acceptance, Anxiety, Autism, Behavioral Issues, Camp, Camp Loma Mar, Expectations, Fear, Letting Go, Milestones, Outdoor Education, Redwood Glen, Sensory Integration, Social skills, Speech Delay, Unplanned Life
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First Day of School
It’s August and moms across the country are posting smiling photos of their children going back to school. Some post “before”and “after” shots: their child at the start of kindergarten, and now, at the start of middle school, high school, … Continue reading
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Tagged Autism, Back to School, Change, Fear, Milestones, School Photos, Sensory Integration, Special Needs, Transitions, Unplanned Life
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Success, Failure, and the Drive to Keep Creating
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have Elizabeth Gilbert, the best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love, as well as five other books and countless publications as a longtime magazine writer — covering music and politics for Spin and GQ. Gilbert also owns and … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Other Writers, Tuesdays with TED
Tagged Creativity, Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert, Failure, Fear, Love, Memoir, Passion, Writing Life
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The Link Between Vulnerabilty and Creativity
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have Dr. Brené Brown, a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work where she has spent the past ten years studying courage, shame, and authenticity. Brené states that … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Tuesdays with TED
Tagged Anxiety, Art, Brene Brown, Creativity, Fear, Gratitude, Joy, Love, Scarcity, Shame, Vulnerability
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