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"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything y...

Happy Birthday buddie! You got a really nice email from your Grandpa Al this morning: Happy Birthday Simon, Being two was pretty cool but being thr...

and then about 10 minutes later... Chris left early for a meeting this morning and called to make sure I looked outside. These are the skies that g...

This is a view from the back of our home. We had a beautiful day here yesterday - in the 60's - very unusually warm for this time of year. It was a...

I came across this quote recently and saved it to my desktop. Now that I want to use it I can not remember the source. It is a good one none the le...

One of the things we picked up at the store last week was a pudding mix. Simply blend a package of tofu in the mixer, add the pudding mix, blend fo...

If you have some time today here are a couple sites to check out focusing on Martin Luther King: MLK Memorial and The Martin Luther King, Jr. Paper...

Simon woke up with a mild fever at about 5:30am this morning. I ended up getting up with him...we came downstairs for some juice, a Tylenol, a waff...

In general I have always thought the following: you get sick, you go to the doctor, they check you out, they figure out what is wrong, they prescri...

{ photo taken November 2004: Tacoma, Washington - the mall is operated by a company called "Simon" } My good friend Leslie sent me some quotes toda...

One of the things we have been working on around here is sitting at the table during dinner. Tough for any kid at this age...and probably a bit tou...

Problems in the world of autism.

You know, this whole thing can be so mind-boggling. Some moments Simon seems so normal. Happy and jovial and interactive and aware. And other momen...

Chris and I were totally delighted last night with this movie: I Heart Huckabees. A nice distraction :).

I so appreciate the kind words in the comments section - thank you from the bottom of my heart. I spent the morning on the phone; setting up appoin...

Last week, on Thursday, January 6th, Simon was diagnosed with autism. We had been on a waiting list for nearly six months for an appointment and ev...

Today was one of those days where time just flew by in an instant. I dropped Simon off this morning and it seemed like I was picking him up in no t...

I worked with a cool card-making/scrapbooking kit company this month as a guest designer. You can see my designs here: Self-Addressed