My husband, Grant, loved Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson as a child and was determined to pass on his passion to Tyler. And for better or for worse, he has succeeded.
For those unfamiliar, “The Harold” series revolves around a boy who can step into an adventure by drawing with his purple crayon. [...]
Grant and I escorted Tyler to a birthday party today. One of his friends at daycare had turned three. We drove up to what looked like a mini castle. The birthday boy, “Jack” had just woken up from a nap and was crying to his father, “Too many people.” There were over fifty with tons of [...]
A few days ago I realized that Tyler’s daycare was going to be closed tomorrow for a Teacher In-Service Day and the anxiety started because that meant a three day weekend with my son home. And then the guilt started, and the fear. When Tyler is at daycare I can sleep the 12+ hours I [...]
Most chronically ill people see a few doctors per week, myself included. Three weeks back I had gotten a copy of my latest blood work. It still showed that I was Vitamin D Deficient and, a new one on me, that I was Calcium Deficient, diagnosed as borderline Secondary Hyperparathyroidism. That was a new one [...]
Of all of the guilt and worry disabled or chronically ill parents have over whether or not their children will turn out alright or hate them for life, from what I have read and heard from other parents, it seems their kids turn out just fine and in fact can turn out to be more [...]
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A few days ago I read a post by Nancy on her blog One Stop Boy Shop lamenting that she was not able to eulogize her father at his funeral many years ago. I think it is extremely admirable that one can pull themselves together enough to be able to speak at their parent’s or [...]
Today one of my best friends had a baby boy, to go along with her almost three-year-old daughter. She and I were pregnant together for her first time, and my first time and my last. A few months before Tyler’s second birthday I was diagnosed with Lupus, although I had been becoming sicker months before. [...]
Today was our family’s Day Out With Thomas at the Strasburg Rail Road in Lancaster County, PA. Since it was a trip where the tickets were bought ahead of time, I was really anxious about how I was going to feel today. We had rented a wheelchair but there is still the possibility of pain, [...]
Today my brother and sister-in-law came over for a picnic in the park with Tyler, one of my closest friends, Francesca (not her real name) and I. An outing with my brother and his wife is always very interesting because the two of them both have Asperger’s Syndrome and she also is mentally retarded. Asperger’s [...]
