It's been awhile since my last confession. Having said that, I reached a milestone that I'm not proud of and I want to share this with all of you.  My goal with this is to continue opening a window into our lives but also, help someone if they happen to be dealing with the same thing. I mentioned that I have reached a milestone. That milestone is my physical weight and I'm not happy with it at all. 10 years ago I was body building and in excellent physical condition.  Between life happening, my poor coping skills and lack of motivation, I have reached 294lbs. Now, I don't necessarily look that heavy because of my previous body building but I certainly feel it.  To be completely honest, I'm ashamed and…

Elliott slept pretty well last night. He snuggled with Dean and slept through the night. Dean and Sam have been rather elusive lately and so he was happy to be reunited with his friend. Perhaps that helped to make today begin on a positive note. 

I wanted to mention this because hopefully, it's a good sign for what the rest of the week will be like. Elliott has been struggling with life lately.  As a little boy with aspergers and significant anxiety, he's unable to cope well with everything that has been happening within our life.  He's still upset about Gavin not living with us right now and understandably so. His recent diagnosis of food allergies as eliminated a huge part of his diet because it contains tree nuts. What happens is that Elliott copes with this by trying to exert as much control over his life as possible. This presents as refusal to do things like eating and even cooperating. Lately, we have been having a really hard time getting him ready for school. …

We unexpectedly ended up at my parents house on Sunday afternoon.  This was due to the whole Rogue thing.   Anyway, Emmett immediately makes himself comfortable, as he so often does. However, this time is was a bit different than he normally does.  This time, as you can see below, he only took one shoe and one sock off. Oddly enough, he spent the next 4+ hours this way.  I thought that was a little strange because he's always so particular about both feet feeling the same way. In fact, I would have thought this would be downright uncomfortable but to each his own I guess. I'm not sure if this is a victory or not. Having said that, he did keep the rest of them on so that's definitely a…

Let me clarify something. My personal choice to not shop at Pet Smart, is just that, my personal choice. I'm not asking, suggesting or even hinting that anyone else should follow suit. I also know that this very likely isn't how Pet Smart does business usually. Having said that, this was in fact our experience, inside the Banfield Animal Hospital that is located inside of Pet Smart. If nothing else, In would think that Pet Smart would want to know that this occurred so that they can ensure it doesn't happen to another family. This blog is all about my family’s personal experiences. This is one of those experiences and it greatly affected us, therefore I feel it's does belong here. Again, I'm simply sharing why I personally, will not…

How do you explain death to a young child with #Autism? Rouge, my very first dog is going to be put down today. Elliott and Emmett were really close to her and so we felt that we should give them the chance to say goodbye.  Emmett doesn't understand but Elliott, poor Elliott is devastated. I'm trying to comfort him as best I can. Please keep her and Elliott in your thoughts and prayers.