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Tag Archives: Gratitude
The Happy Secret to Better Work and Creativity
Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. This week we are listening to Shawn Achor, the CEO of Good Think Inc., a Cambridge-based consulting firm which researches positive outliers — people who are well above average — to understand where human … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Tuesdays with TED
Tagged Change, Creativity, Gratitude, Happiness, Human Potential, Outliers, Shawn Achor, Success, Writing Life
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A Leap of Faith
I’ve been online dating—or perhaps what could be more accurately described as attempting to online date—for a couple of years now. When I began to tentatively consider dating, back in 2010, my biggest fear was that I would meet (and … Continue reading
Posted in My Life
Tagged Acceptance, Addiction, Adoption, Catfish (the movie), Dating, Divorce, Faith, Gratitude, Loss, Mental Illness, Mood Disorders, Open Adoption, PTSD, Single Parent, Unplanned Life
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Separation Anxiety–An Update
I will admit that when I first thought about starting a blog, my thinking was more along the lines of “I should write a blog” than “wow, I can’t wait to do this!” I knew I needed a blog to … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, My Life
Tagged Acceptance, Anxiety, Autism, Change, Gratitude, Milestones, Parenting, Unplanned Life
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What It’s Like to Live with Autism
People ask me all the time what it’s like to live with an autistic child. Crazy, I tell them. It’s a lttle crazy. My child is like a Husky in human form. They always laugh. The truth is I was … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, My Life
Tagged Acceptance, Autism, Family, Gratitude, Siblings, Spencer Timme, Unplanned Life
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The Sweet Life
Apparently between my posts on inclusion, the one on stealth grief, the sixth and final installment of the insensitive autism comments, plus the post on how sometimes shit just happens, I have inadvertently given people the idea that I’m in … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, My Life
Tagged Acceptance, Autism, Change, Divorce, Gratitude, Loss, Single Parent, Sorrow, Unplanned Life, Writing Life
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Sometimes Shit Just Happens
It’s summer, and if you are the parent of an autistic child that means you worry about drowning. Even without an autistic child, I’d probably fret about drowning. My aunt drowned as a toddler, and since then, drowning has been … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, My Life
Tagged Autism, Behavioral Issues, Fear, Gratitude, Mikaela Lynch, Parenting, Speech Delay, Unplanned Life
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Keeping the Faith
One of the hardest things about parenting a special needs child, especially one with a speech delay, is the waiting. Or perhaps I should say keeping the faith. You go a long time and don’t see much progress and just … Continue reading
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Tagged Autism, Gratitude, Milestones, Parenting, Sensory Integration, Social skills, Speech Delay, Unplanned Life
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A Mother’s Day Tradition, Part 2
Here’s what actually happened on Mother’s Day. Katie and I slept in, and then spent a quiet morning with her watching Signing Time (sign language/speech videos that she loves) and me writing on my laptop at the kitchen table. The … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, My Life
Tagged Acceptance, Autism, Expectations, Family, Gratitude, Holidays, Single Parent, Unplanned Life
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A Mother’s Day Tradition
Back when I was a child, Mother’s Day meant all three, and then four, of us kids “helping” Dad with breakfast. Our usual Sunday morning fare was fried or scrambled eggs, bacon, hash browns, and Sarah Lee Honey Buns—which if … Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Autism, My Life
Tagged Acceptance, Adoption, Autism, Divorce, Expectations, Family, Gratitude, Holidays, Resentment, Single Parent, Unplanned Life
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First Friends, Part 2
My daughter has a friend. I never thought I would view this statement as something close to miraculous, but that’s how autism changes you. I no longer take friends—mine or my daughter’s—for granted. I wrote a few weeks ago about … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, My Life
Tagged Autism, Gratitude, Milestones, Social skills, Speech Delay, Unplanned Life
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