June 1, 2016. 06-01-16. Our lives changed that day, but we didn’t have any idea how much. That was the day we had my youngest son’s first IEP, when we received the results of his testing. That was the very first day that anybody, including us, actually said the words, “He is on the Autism [...]
Author: HorseMonkeyTiger
Autism Mom, GATE Mom, Baseball Mom, Fur Mom, GATE Educator/Coordinator, Teacher, Intervention Coordinator, Reader, Writer, Life-Long Learner.
Word of the Day: Heart
I remember seeing a greeting card a long time ago, either one I received when I was pregnant with my first son (now 16, almost 17) or one I gave to somebody else around that time. And it resonated with me so strongly, I've never forgotten it. The quote varies a bit depending on where [...]
Where Have I Been?
So for my legions of fans and followers, you've probably been waiting and waiting for me to post, George R. R. Martin-style. (Ha!) I started this page, and my ancestry research, in May 2018, approximately 1-2 weeks before Mother's Day, of course planning on doing a lot of research and writing about what I discover [...]
Where the boys are…
via Photo Challenge: Place in the World My place in the world is wherever these three boys are. I know someday they won't need me (at least not until they need childcare!) but regardless of what they need, MY place is where they are. At least to be there just in case they need me. [...]
Daily Prompt: Slight
via Daily Prompt: Slight Oh, the irony. I am currently sitting about 10 feet away from somebody who is currently "slighting" me because she felt "slighted" by me last week. People are funny things. When you break it down to it's basic elements, we're bags of flesh and bones powered by some sort of almost [...]
Here We Go…
I'm finally doing it. I've started other blogs before, but they never stuck, and I think it was for a number of reasons, mostly because I didn't really have anything to write about. I just knew I wanted to write, but the idea of what I had to say was so vague. And I was [...]
