I love this prayer and it fits my mindset much of the time… My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I …
1. Expect the unexpected – be prepared With an autistic child, you never know when something will throw them into a major meltdown. It can happen when you least expect it. Case in point. My grandson is in vacation bible school this week. His mother was a little apprehensive, because it was a large group …
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Over the past few days, I have been experiencing pain in various parts of my body. It may be a result of overdoing it in a water aerobics class a few days ago, anxiety over an up coming trip, a flare-up of CFS symptoms, or a combination of all of these. I tried Tylenol, which …
I am in the relatively unique position of having twin grandchildren, one is on the autism spectrum and one is not. With twins, you are going to compare their mannerisms, their growth, their milestones and their personalities. From the time the were born, we did this with Harper and Granger. One sat up sooner than …
One of my 6-year-old twin grandchildren is on the autism spectrum. He has been a blessing in our lives and also a challenge, a very special mix. Every time I am with him he amazes me and teaches me, so much about looking at the world differently. For instance, with typical children, you take hugs …
Waiting. Just the thought of it makes my impatient self push back. It seems that all during our day we come across situations where we have to wait. We are used to traffic lights, grocery lines, bank tellers, etc. But then there are the times when we are waiting for more serious things: medical results, …
For the past week, I have felt a low level of anxiety in my body. After having a medical procedure done at Mayo and coming back home, my body has not bounced back like I had hoped (or as fast as I would have liked with all the drugs). On top of that. I have …
So, so many times over the past 8 years of retirement, I have asked God to show me His plans for me. Meanwhile, I tried this and that (hospital volunteering, medical assistant school, bible college…), not really finding the thing that really lit me up. Although, looking back now, I realize that He did have …