Elliott had his first day back today and it went amazingly well. I say first day back because we moved both Elliott and Emmett back to their old school. They’re remote learning instead of distance learning and the experience thus far has been night and day. Emmett is supposed to start Friday, September 4th but …
Category: My Personal Victory
Apr 11 2018
My oldest son with #Autism is really trying my patience
I’m not going to mince words here. Gavin is driving me crazy and there’s no end in sight. He’s eighteen years old on the outside and about six years old on the inside. This large age gap between his emotional age and his chronological age has always been problematic. As he gets older, it’s becoming …
Dec 08 2017
I made a new rule this week
The boys have been having a pretty good afternoon. I made a new rule and it goes like this. If the boys fight in the car, either to or from school, they forfeit the time on the Xbox or Playstation. So far, I’ve only had to follow through once and the rest of the time, …
Aug 18 2017
I’m really proud of myself today
I’m feeling good today. We had a good morning, and the kids got off to school with little struggle. I was even able to grab an almost three mile walk this morning as well. I even made a new breakfast smoothie for after my walk and it was awesome. ☺ This time around, my smoothie …
Feb 02 2017
I’m super proud of myself because of the dumbest thing
For the last couple of weeks, all the unwanted attention I receive from chronic sleep deprivation has rendered be useless during the day while the boys are at school. After getting the boys to school, I would come home and basically crash for at least a few hours because I was so exhausted. It’s really …
May 16 2016