It's been awhile since I really spent any amount of time talking about my battle with depression. As some of you already know, I'm battling depression. This has been a war of both wins and losses, progress and setbacks. However, I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm depressed and on medication for it. There is a huge and I mean huge stigma attached to things like depression. I don't know if most people even understand what depression is.  In its simplest form, it's a chemical imbalance in the brain and can affect different people in different ways.  However,  the point of this post is to share my personal struggles and update you all as to how I'm doing.  Having said that,  I will post a link at the bottom of…

I don't know what the weather is like on your end but it's pretty darn crappy here. I've got a house full of sick and super grouchy kids and I'm battling to keep my eyes open. When I look outside, it's very clear that summer has left us. It's rainy, cold and I have a yard full of leave to rake. It's not helping much in the depression front. However,  I managed to get a pork roast in the crockpot and some dishes done.  :-) The roast should be ready in an hour or so and the smell has filled the house and it definitely takes the edge off of the bad weather.  When I get home from picking up Gavin, I'm going to settle down onto the couch with…

I thought it might be interesting to discuss what our children with #Autism like to do when they are sick or not feeling well. Personally, I want to just stay in bed when I'm sick but my kids are a different story. Being sick to them just slows them down....A little.  It's actually really hard to get them to rest.  Elliott and Emmett just don't want to lay down.  Gavin on the other hand does really well when he's sick.  He will just stay in bed and sleep. I'm trying to get Emmett and Elliott to rest so that their little bodies can fight off that is ailing them. The only way to get them to chill out is with video games.  Emmett, as seen in the picture below, is…

While Lizze and Elliott are at the doctors this morning,  Emmett and I are going to have some 1 on 1 time.  Since he's still sick as well, I need him to rest and get and God willing, take a nap. I think we are going to snuggle on the couch and watch a movie and maybe play Bad Piggies on my phone. If nothing else, I at least get to spend some time with my little Emmett John. This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please join our Autism Help Forums Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store

So Emmett created his own Portal 2 level on a piece of paper.  At the time, he explained in great detail all about this but I can't for the life of me remember.  I do know that it's creative and he's proud of it.  He actually asked me to take a picture and post it here. I thought that was really cool.  To me, this is a beautiful work of art by a beautiful little boy.. I'm really proud of him and he's really proud of himself.  :-) This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please join our Autism Help Forums Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play…

Hello everyone. I wanted to share with you my new article that was released today over at the Childswork Blog. You may recall, this is my new writing job and could sure use your support . If you wouldn’t mind taking a few minutes and checking out my article and leaving some feedback, I would be totally grateful. This is how I’m trying to support my family and spread #Autism awareness, all at the same time. Childswork, is my new home away from home and I’ll have a new article posting every Tuesday. cough cough- Please let them know that you like my writing by leaving a comment or two or three, so I can keep doing it -cough cough. Also please feel free to share the crap out of these as well.  You…