Do the days ever just blend together for you?

Do you ever reach a point where the days just all seem to blend together? I'm not having a bad day or anything like that but I'm absolutely exhausted. I actually had to check my phone to confirm what day it is. Yeah, I'm just that tired.  I feel like I could sleep for a lifetime and still not be able to makeup for all the sleep that I've missed recently.  Anyway, I just wondered if anyone else ever reaches this point?   

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Why I’m feeling extremely blessed tonight

It's 2am and I just got off the phone with tech support for my server cause I had a technical issue with this new site. I desperately need the ad revenue, so I can't afford to have any downtime. I should be sleeping but I'm just not able to at the moment because I've got too much on my mind.  As a single Dad raising three boys with Autism and various other challenges, I'm in over my head a great deal of the time.  Some will take that comment as me being negative but there's a huge difference between being negative and being realistic. I live in reality and the reality is that my life is extremely challenging. I don't think that should come across as being negative at all.…

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Why I’m so happy to say that my kids had a good visit with their Mom  :)

All too often when a marriage fails and kids are involved, things can get pretty ugly. You see it on the news with celebrities all the time. The normal, everyday people are no different. They just don't make the news. When my wife left last year, it was unexpected and I was devastated.  While there are justifiable reasons for me to be angry, resentful and betrayed, especially considering that I'm now raising our three kids with special needs by myself, I'm not. You hear all the time how people end up using their kids as weapons to get at each other. You hear about parents talking bad about their former partner in front of the children. These things are horrible but they happen all too often. That being said, when…

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I have some good news and some bad news

It was a morning of mixed emotions here in The Autism Dad house. We tried so very hard to keep the little baby squirrels alive through the night so they could be taken to the Wildlife Center at Sippo Lake this morning.   The Xbox kept them warm and toasty throughout the night and pedialyte kept them hydrated. Unfortunately, we lost one before bedtime and another one at some-point during the night.    When we woke up this morning, only two were still alive.  Elliott and Emmett were heartbroken once again but we put aside our grief long enough to finish the job we'd started the night before.m We successfully delivered two baby squirrels to the Sanders Wildlife Center at Sippo Lake by 8:15am this morning. I explained to the…

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I’m having a really hard time getting my son with #Autism to eat

As a father to 3 boys with Autism, feeding issues are nothing new to me. I've faced those challenges almost 3 times a day for 15 years.  Typically this envolves making a different meal for each child and then remaking it several times, until it's sensory acceptable. It's a long and often wasteful process but kids with these problems with sooner starve than eat something that's offensive to them in sensory level.  Of my 3 boys, Emmett is by far the most sensory sensitive and as such, the most challenging to feed.     Lately, it's getting more and more difficult to ensure he's eating.  It's frustrating for both of us because I worry about him losing weight and he truly is hungry. What ends up happening is whatever I do…

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School is just around the corner and I’m ready for it

The boys have about 20 days left of summer break. On September 1st, they will be returning to the classroom and frankly, I'm getting a bit anxious for that to happen.  I love having the boys home but since there's only one of me and three of them, it's proven to be quite taxing. I'm ready for them to go back. I mean, I'm ready for them to physically go back. I still have a ton of shopping to do as soon as I can.  Summer break is a mixed bag for a special needs family. I've found that it's much, much harder to take care of myself or anything else for that matter, when I'm taking care of the boys 24/7. While they're in school, they get to socialize…

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It’s actually been pretty quiet today :)

We haven't done a whole lot today. It's been a busy last couple of days and everyone is sorta tired.   That being said, it's been quiet and without much in the way of fighting. It's really nice to see everyone getting along and playing together as though they actually like each other. 😉 I don't know what's going to be on the agenda for the rest of the day but I'm pretty content with the way things are going at the moment. 😀   

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I’m so grateful for the good days

The boys came home about dinner time and shortly after, we went to my sisters for a little gathering. Most of my siblings were there and I got to see a few family friends as well.  It's was just a nice time and the boys had fun.  It's so easy to get isolated when you're a special needs parent and I'm trying to make sure I don't let that happen again. I'm making an effort to be more social and while there are still times, I opt out of things, I'm glad I went tonight.  Afterwards, there was sort of a family meeting. It was just myself, my parents and two others.    The whole point was to discuss everything going on in my life. We are working to find…

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