May 17, 2025 As a child, the news felt like yet another lecture. A continuation of the school day coming through the television to bore and ruin my fun. Much like bad music, you’re just waiting for it to end. Over the years, I’ve noticed what many of us have, a tonal change in that… Read More Unbeaconed Future
I plead with everyone to vote with their conscience, and our inherent goodness, for the health of the many and the safety of us all.… Read More Solace
We don’t live despite the grief because the grief is part of life.… Read More The thick of it.
As painful as things can be, there is always humor to be found and my mother was a master of seeing that. I can almost hear her laughter at times and look for her throughout my days.… Read More Is she really gone?
We can’t go back. For some of us, myself included, we don’t want to. We are caught between the opposing needs of those we love but we look forward for them.… Read More We can’t go back.
I love when they share these views of the world with me. Moments that they verbalize something in a way that I’ve never heard before. As my son put it, “We have a different sort of listening.”… Read More A Different Sort of Listening
This one’s for you mom.… Read More Tell Me A Story
The world betrays the dead by continuing on without them.
All color of buckets welcome here! Share your identity even with a mask this Halloween.… Read More Harmony at Halloween: All color of buckets are welcome at our door!
Our scars can be our strength.… Read More A badge or a burden: the trauma we carry
We always live on in people’s memories of us. To be truly loved is to be remembered.… Read More Shadows and the sweet
Out of all the mysteries in life there are four that never cease to fascinate me: the human brain, what happens after death, the purpose of life, and all the people that I wonder, “What the &$#@ were they thinking?”… Read More What the &$#@ were they thinking?
So often it can be maddening and seem impossible to slow down enough to see things from their perspective yet, when I force myself to do so, I rarely regret the decision.… Read More Learning the kaleidoscope.
Everyone needs to vote. Each vote needs to count. Everyone deserves equal rights. There is no compromise over these three truths.… Read More Shadows and votes that go bump in the dark.
Doing what’s right for your kids is never easy but protecting them is never a question.… Read More The right to be safe.
“I’m different just like everyone else.”… Read More Amazing Things Do Happen
If atypical means intelligent, polite, opinionated, creative, sensitive, and loving then I’ll take it over neurotypical any day. … Read More When acceptance isn’t accommodated
We’re all trying to pass as happy in our own way.… Read More Just trying to pass as happy.
A label can shed light in the darkness and point to the door you’ve been searching for.… Read More A label saved us.
Autism Awareness month, for most of us, is bullshit.
What we need is acceptance. What is required to make that possible is equality. Equality is a spot at the table. Equity is everyone having a functional chair.… Read More Acceptance is a far off destination.
I love my family but I hate how they are treated by others. It makes me hateful towards their autism as if it’s an invisible villain stealing our happiness.… Read More I don’t love autism.
The act of acceptance is defiance.… Read More Politely Defiant
Politely Defiant 