I don’t want to take you to the park today.God.Am I even allowed to say that out loud? I don’t want to chase after you, and watch you watch the other kids having fun.I don’t want to glare at the other parents, trying to catch them staring at you and imagining them making judgments about…
The Lady Behind Me In Line Would Probably Trade Places With Me If I Let Her But Just For the Record, I Wouldn’t.
I am grumpyfor 12345678910 different reasonsdragging my offspringfrom store to crowded, overpriced, storeas Superman insistson pushing the cartbumping into wallsanddisplaysplaced in the middle of the aisle (WHO THOUGHT OF THIS?!!)I bribewith donutsandchocolateand try one nostril breathing(some yoga crap I saw once)but it doesn’t workand the blood pressure climbsas I continue to deplete my bank accountat…
Everyone Should Have a Calm Chart
I am observing Monchichi in therapy with Wonder Woman, our wonderful, irreplaceable, brilliant autism therapist who we lovingly refer to as “BOSS.” He is learning a new technique to keep his anger and frustration in check. He can’t tell us to “piss off” so he yells and grunts and flaps instead. It’s okay now, at…
Find Something To Celebrate
My best friend (the one I keep around because she knows way too much) said something pivotal to me in the wake of what experts in the field would coin as a Crappy Week. “Find something to celebrate, “ she said, as she handed me a home cooked meal complete with a chilled bottle of Martinelli’s Sparkling Cider. I…
Superheros Don’t Have to Wear Capes
I don’t tell you enough, Superman, how feverishly proud I am of you. I don’t have the words to express to you the euphoria that comes over me as I watch you take your brother’s hand and guide him through the narrow and winding paths that sometimes take him by surprise and cause him to…
Somewhere In the Middle
That is where I am I don’t petition the governmentOr write threatening letters to drug companies I don’t tape record IEP meetings or have a panel of attorneys at my sideI don’t demand that the school district pay for horse therapy or expect hard working teachers to perform miracles I stay awake at night, counting…