Lizze and I have finally finished most of the preparations for the arrival of Santa Clause.  With any luck we should have things wrapped up by tonight. ;-) The boys are more than ready for Santa's little pit stop at our house on Christmas Eve night. They are quite excited in fact. Are your kiddos ready?

My understanding is that people on the autism spectrum can have boundary issues. Things like not understanding ones need for personal space.  In the instance of the Lost and Tired family, only one of us really struggles with boundaries, and that would be Mr. Gavin. I know that aspergers plays a role in that but his case is a bit more complex. Well, to be truthful, it's a whole lot more complex. One of the issues we have struggled with him on was inappropriate touching.  Inappropriate touching is basically, any physical contact by the toucher that makes the touchee feel uncomfortable. Whether there is malicious intent behind the touching or not, it's still a problem. In Gavin's case, the touching tends to be of a sexual nature. For as long…

Please be patient while I work on getting things back up and running. :-)

In the aftermath of Sandy Hook Elementary and all the other horrible tragedies involving gun violence, I completely support this message. I realize that in United States, we have a right to bare arms. However, something very clearly has to give.  We have to find a way to address this problem and keep our children safe. Personally, I willing to accept tighter restrictions or whatever is necessary in order to keep our children safe from gun violence. Having said that, we also must realize that guns are not the only problem. There is always a person that pulls the trigger. Even if we remove guns, won't that deranged person find another way to inflict violence? We need a dynamic plan that will address this from as many angles as possible. I don't…

So far, Gavin is doing really well.  He's slipping up here and there but overall he's doing well so far.  I'm really hoping this will last but the reality is that we are in a honeymoon phase. I'll take every good day that we'll can get.  :-)