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Dropped Simon off at school this morning and stopped by the credit union to deposit a check. At the teller's counter was a framed sign that said, h...

When Simon was first diagnosed with autism back in January 2005, one of the recommendations from the team at CDRC was to return in a year or two fo...

Big day for Simon today at the dentist. This was his second time being there while Chris and I alternated getting our teeth cleaned. We were there ...

there was an opinion piece in The Register Guard that addresses the insurance bill (HB 2918 - requiring insurance companies to cover certain kinds ...

Yesterday the Oregon Legislature ended it's 74th Session. A full story from the Register Guard here and the Oregonian here. Chris and I can't belie...

mama's need wings too.

Click on The Live Brightly Project. A happy way to begin the day. Love the guy who makes two sandwiches every day.

Quiet couple of days around here in that thankfully-slow-summer-sort-of-way. Working on projects that capture my attention for a few minutes until ...

My son, Simon, was diagnosed with autism at age three. My first course of action was to read, research, and figure out what in the heck we needed t...

Had a chance to read Rebecca's blog today and found this post from the end of May that really moved me. Be sure to read the comments too. Many of t...

There's a great new special issue out featuring tons of technique ideas from Jennifer McGuire (and an awesome collection of other scrapbookers) - s...

Going through the photos from this last weekend. Love this one. One of the things about Simon is that he has always been quiet in the car. Every on...

Chris came zooming into my studio last night to grab the camera so he could capture this little moment. What he loved was how Simon was sitting on ...

this and this.

Here's my one little word challenge page for this week. Updated with info: this is an oversized album that I am going to be using for the one littl...

This morning a little body climbed into our bed and announced: " ice cream sandwich on my face ." Yep: he got up before us, headed over to the frid...

Happy day when the strawberries start showing up at the farmers market.