Tuesday, March 26, 2013

My Super Mom Cape

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It's been a long time, and I haven't written because life has been going pretty well.  Ryan is maturing and with that, everything se...
Thursday, November 17, 2011

Life Happens When Your Are Busy Making Plans

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One of my favorite sayings is that "Life Happens When You Are Busy Making Plans"  I love that saying and how true it is.  Time has...
Monday, November 29, 2010

To Sum It Up...

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"Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is exhausting for children to have to provide explanations over and over aga...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

The Little Student

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All has been going well at home without having support, but that will be changing soon.  We have been advised that we will need to have home...
Friday, October 15, 2010

Uplifting news...

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I got a call from our BSC last evening.  She told me that Ryan is doing great in school!  She said she expects Ryan to be without a TSS by t...
Thursday, October 14, 2010

I can breathe...

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So two weeks ago, we decided to take a break from having a home TSS.  We were nervous about it, but with Ryan being in school all day, we fe...
Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Feels like we are breaking up..

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We had a big meeting last evening.  Chris and I met with our TSS and BSC.  Our TSS basically said she no longer felt like she was being effe...
Monday, October 4, 2010

The Invasion...

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I won't lie to you...one of the most stressful things that you will deal with when having an autistic child is the invasion of therapi...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

A New Journey Begins...

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School ended and then a very nice summer was ahead of us.  Ryan participated in a summer autism camp and had a ball.  We were also blessed t...
Monday, May 31, 2010

Graduation Day!

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It has been an incredible year.  Ryan successfully completed his kindergarten year, and did so better than we ever could have expected.  It ...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Going Along With The Flow...or not.

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Most of us just ‘go along with the flow’ when it comes to our daily lives. We plan that we are going to have children, they are going to be ...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

Going Backward...

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So, we lost our beloved TSS. Amanda was so good to Ryan, and he really did love her. She had the opportunity to take a job using her degre...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Blessings...

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This time of year, more than any other time of year, I find it easy to reflect on all the blessings the year has brought to me and my family...
Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Reassurance...

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Great news!!! Eight months ago we met with Dr. Faber for the first time. Since then, we have done everything in our power for Ryan. It ha...

Instinct...

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The one thing I hear more than anything from people I meet that have an austistic child is 'I knew something was just different'. I...
Saturday, November 28, 2009

It's been a while...

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I didn't realize how long it has been since I last blogged. So much has happened since August. Let me share our latest mile of ou...
Monday, August 17, 2009

Up hill battles...

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So, the TSS that we really loved, Mr. Dave, left us a few months back. We were assigned a new TSS and had very high hopes that he would be ...
Sunday, July 19, 2009

The Call...

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I had just sat down to eat dinner with my husband. Both of the kids were with their grandma at a local park. As I was looking at the menu,...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

New Adventure

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God sure does work in mysterious ways. Upon meeting with Dr. Faber a few months back, I took a look around at The Children's Institute. ...

Happy 5th Birthday Ryan!!!

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Happy 5th birthday to my amazing little man!!! Ryan had a wonderful birthday. He got to spend the day at home with his friends and family....
Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Walk Now For Autism

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Make a difference… Dear Friends and Family, On Sunday, May 17th, we will be walking for Autism awareness. Autism costs the nation 35 billion...
Monday, April 20, 2009

Great News!!!

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I got great news today! Every step of the process with Ryan I have questioned my decisions. I have always wondered if I was, or was not, d...
Friday, April 3, 2009

Finally...

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Finally, our day to meet Dr. Scott Faber had arrived. On Monday, we had the pleasure of meeting with Dr. Faber, a DAN (Defeat Autism Now) d...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

What the future holds...

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I started thinking about the future last night.... It all came about when I realized Ryan needed his haircut. It is an event I dread all the...
Sunday, February 22, 2009

Finally....

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Finally, it is happening. The much anticipated day of Ryan using the potty most of the time, is right around the corner. He wears big boy...