Trying to describe autism in one sentence is like trying to describe what the color nine smells like. ~Stephanie Grigley Eaton It is April 2nd, World Autism Awareness Day. Whether you know me in person, as a series of small squares on an Instagram feed, or through words on a computer screen, chances are that […]
First Day
Today is the first day of school. Today is the day that parents pack their child’s lunch with handwritten notes on the napkins, and take those adorable pictures by the front door just before they leave. You know the ones…”it’s my first day of grade ___ and I want to be an astronaut when I […]
Autism Awareness Day
Happy World Autism Awareness Day! I don’t know why, but this is a difficult blog entry for me to write. Not because I am sad, or because this is a painful topic. No, that’s not it at all. I think it is because we have had autism in our lives for 5 years now, and […]
The Storm
This is not what I had pictured my first autism blog entry to be. It was going to be uplifting, or funny, or factual. I was going to show you all of the amazing things autism has taught me, or maybe some of the quirks and beautiful experiences, or how we have grown stronger as […]