Autism – Daughters (continued)
I so wanted a little girl, I so looked forward to having a little girl who would feel safe enough to confide in me, the way I have always felt able to confide in my own mother. (I feel a … Continue...
View ArticleSaturday with Em
This past weekend Richard did a bit of research and came up with a packed afternoon of things to do with the children. Richard is the one who reads Time Out NY for Kids. He pores over the finer...
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Emma holds an uncanny resemblance to a fictitious children’s book character. Okay, so we haven’t gotten the whole handstand-on-the-handlebars thing down yet, but I’m sure that’ll be next. Merlin...
View ArticleEmma and Food
I have been keeping a chart of the new foods Emma has tried these past six days. To date she has sampled: pear, banana, apple, blueberry, raspberry, watermelon, honeydew melon, papaya, raisin, dried...
View ArticleA Comment
A follower of this blog wrote the following response to yesterday’s post. I posted it here as it beautifully sums up exactly what my husband, Richard and I also feel and why we work as hard as we do...
View ArticleDay 10
Riding the wave of my previous day’s success, I fully expected to come home last night to find Emma agreeable to whatever was placed on her plate. With visions of cheerful family dinners in my mind I...
View ArticleThe Search for GF/CF Cupcakes
Yesterday we received a call from Emma’s school because she was hysterical and couldn’t calm down. Evidently a child in her class had a birthday and the parent sent in cupcakes, which Emma couldn’t...
View ArticleWhat They Don’t Tell You
Here are some things you will not find in your research on autism: You will not learn how this diagnosis will affect your marriage or other members of your family. You will not be told how it may...
View ArticleNic & Emma
This morning I told Emma she had to take a shower and wash her hair. “Just Emma. Bye-bye Mommy,” Emma said as she ran into the bathroom, closing the door firmly behind her. “No wait, Em. I’m just...
View ArticleA Marathon
“It’s a marathon, not a sprint.” This is a quote from Richard who said that to me one day many years ago. At the time, we were leaving the office of one of the many doctors we had taken Emma …...
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