November 8, 2010

Ready, Set, Go

On Friday I hit a finish line. Or a starting line.

The fifth, sixth (I’ve lost count) doctor we’ve seen (this time at the amazing place we’ve been going for cognitive behavior therapy) gave my son a diagnosis on the autism spectrum.

She spent an hour going through paperwork from a handful of evaluations [...]

October 13, 2010

Stargazing, Magic Tricks and Meltdowns

Last night I turned to my husband and practically vomited out a stress-laden stream of consciousness State of Our Son address.  The gist of it was that lately he’s just so much.  The things about him that make him different, the red flags, the stuff.  It’s all so much.  So big.  And while this [...]

September 27, 2010

Monsters, Homework and Steam Locomotives

I never liked homework much. In sixth grade, when homework really ramped up, I used to work at my little bookshelf-desk while listening to the Top 20 on the radio. I chewed gum and melted the tips of crayons against the hot bulb of my desk lamp.

Under the Bridge and Smells Like Teen [...]