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IEPs, and Moving Trucks, and Appointments, Oh My!
Tomorrow, The Boy’s IEP team meets. I am extremely lucky to have teachers that get him, and fight for what he truly needs, and a school system that allows us to make the best decisions for him that...
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A Wedding For Under $500
If you’ve ever been on Pinterest for any length of time, you’ll have noticed all the pins about how cheaply you can throw a wedding: for under $12,000, for under $7,000, for under $5,000… Here’s where...
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Our Simple-y Wonderful Wedding
Our very simple wedding was this past Friday. We ended up having about 20 people in attendance. Sunshine and Princess appointed themselves Flower Girl and Bridesmaid, and their parents served as our...
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Newlywed Report: I Like This
After I got divorced, I swore I would never get married again, and mostly because I had such a horrendous financial mess on my hands, but also because I had been so miserable for so long. I felt and...
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Buddies
The Boy has always relished the attention that The Man has given to him without a thought, most likely because his own dad doesn’t give him the time of day, even in the one week of the year (or less) …...
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Middle of the Night
Every once in awhile, I come across some book or movie, something that speaks to me in a profound way, and I just have to share it. The Man and I love to watch old movies. Turner Classic Movies is …...
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Instruction Manual
Whenever the ex re-enters The Boy’s life, I feel like he needs a new instruction manual. He doesn’t communicate all that regularly with him, and even then asks open-ended questions, which are difficult...
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Once You Get to Know Him
Throughout his life, The Boy has attracted a great number of fans. He has lots of people who love him deeply, including Fantastic Babysitter, his former ASD teacher(s), and lots of caregivers and...
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The Boy is Back
The Boy is back and seemingly had a good time. And I am glad. I’m glad there were no emergency phone calls asking me what to do because he is having a meltdown. I’m glad it sounds like they actually...
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Luck
I was chatting on Facebook with a cousin of my dad’s whom I don’t know altogether well, and he said he had been following my posts about autism, in particular a link to this post, describing how much...
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Benefits of Being Married to an Older Man
The Man turns another year older today. Last week, he commented, “I’ll be able to collect social security in another 4 years, and you have to wait another 20 plus!” I almost threw the pillow at him....
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I’m Struggling with Time
The Boy and I have been here for almost two years – I can’t believe it. It seems like only yesterday we were packing up the rental truck, and tossing the huge TV to the curb in preparation for our …...
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Yet Another Schedule Change
It seems that several times a year since The Boy has been in middle school, there has been a sudden inexplicable schedule change. Sometimes it’s the same teacher, same class, but he has been moved to a...
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The Angry Ex, 8 Years Later
It’s been just about eight years since The Boy’s dad walked out and I filed for divorce. It’s been so long since The Boy’s dad lived with him, I wonder just how much he remembers from those years. He...
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An Autism Registry?
While perusing my usual Facebook stream, I came across an article about two brothers on the spectrum who created an autism registry and are working to make it live in their state with the aim of...
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You Need a Village
Yesterday was a classic Monday. One little change to our routine made me about five minutes behind, which ended up with our leaving The Boy’s lunch on the counter, and my breakfast behind. The night...
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Nice to Hear
Yesterday, I emailed the Amazing Camp Director, new member of The Boy’s tribe, to let her know that I would be picking him up today so I could get him to the tail end of marching band practice this...
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Inclusion Starts with “Hello!”
Thursday night, The Boy and I ventured to one of the marching band rehearsals from which he has been excused, due to logistics and conflicts with summer day camp. We wanted to just stop in and possibly...
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Everyone’s a Jerk Sometimes
The Man is definitely not an auditory learner. I’ve learned this the hard way a few times lately. In the latest instance, he wanted to order a septic system doohickey for work, but doesn’t have a...
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A Few Changes
Like I tell The Boy, change isn’t necessarily bad, but it is inevitable. I’ve done lots of thinking over the past couple of weeks about this blog – you may have noticed my “radio-silence”....
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