Next week we are going to my brother-in-law's wedding in Baltimore, Maryland. We leave in 5 days and I have zero, zilch, nada for the boys and I to wear to this shindig. Money is tight so that's one excuse for my not shopping yet. Then there's also the fact that I am not looking forward to shopping with the boys. I usually just pick things up, bring them home for them to try on, and take them back if they don't fit. However, this time we're talking dress clothes that have to fit properly...not jeans and oversized shirts or sports gear. I have no idea where to start without them present to try the stuff on. I will be running around like a chicken with it's head cut off for the next few days trying to get this all figured out.
The funny thing about this wedding, is that the happy couple already has 8 or 9 children between them. I can't keep up. I think she had 4 children, he had 3, then they had 2 together. Now...they're getting married! I think that's pretty funny. (Sorry D...I love you!)
I have very mixed emotions about the institution of marriage. Of course, I have been married for 17 years...I think. I have no intentions on getting a divorce. I love my husband. As husbands go...I think he's a good one, the best! But if for some reason I did loose him...I WOULD NEVER GET MARRIED AGAIN! Let's just say...there's a reason they call it an institution!
This week's funny Aspergers moment:
Red spends the day with his new friend, who also has Aspergers. The two of them talk non-stop all day about airplanes. I mean they hardly take a breath. They also play flight-similator all day. They are also supposed to go swimming at some point in the day. When I call to check on him, Angel, his friend's mom says, "They have not gone swimming yet. They've been to busy talking!" I nudge her to push the issue with Red...he really needs to exercise. They give her every excuse, "I really don't like swimming," says her son who has a pool in his backyard and swims all the time. Eventually, they do get in the pool and do more talking than swimming.
Later that evening Hubby goes to pick Red up. They are all standing out in front of the house talking. I think this was the first time the two fathers met and my husband can really talk! After talking all day long with Red, and now talking for a while with all of the parents, Red's friend says, "I'm going to go inside now. I can't talk anymore. My lips are starting to hurt."
Red has definitely met his match.
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Adelaide Dupont · 285 weeks ago
And for those of us who knew and appreciated these points in high school to a greater or lesser extent - always good to have a refresher and feel them through the current and future generations who we survived to be able to see.
I especially appreciated points 5, 7 and 10.
And young women not settling or settling down yet is a good thing.
"It's never too late to live our dreams" - but it may be too early for some of them!
And 8 of course.
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Maira L. Coral · 216 weeks ago
I was looking for information for my Multi-Genre Disability Research Project from my Early Childhood Special Education class on the web, when suddenly I came across your blog. I started reading this out of curiosity and I want to tell you that as you said yourself, you will not be Amanda Gorman, but you managed to make me shed some tears, perhaps because I felt totally identified with your words, especially in the part that you speak of your son. My son also has Asperger's syndrome, he is 19 years old and he is in the second semester of College. Also like yours, he takes classes from home, likewise my eldest daughter is also taking college classes from her room. At the same time, that I work as a preschool teacher from my kitchen through a computer, my husband sleeps in the room during the day because he works at night. Also in the afternoons I myself take virtual school classes. I am a 51-year-old Latin woman who began to learn the English language as adult, so maybe you find some deficiencies in my writing, however, I was very moved by how proud you express yourself about your son. Referent your mother, I liked the humorous tone that you give when your talk about her, so I did not want to miss this opportunity and stopped my assignments for a moment to let you know that your words do make a difference, since they reach the heart of at least those who have opportunity to read you. I want confess you that is the most long I have written to someone I don't know, because your words inspired me, thank you...
Gavin Bollard · 209 weeks ago
Thanks for this post. I've been very distracted of late and so this was how I found out about our friend Kate. Kate's struggles were very real but they were so constant and so wide-ranging that it was difficult for people around her to address them. I think it's going to take a while longer for me to process all this.
I learned so much from Kate because she was always quick to point out the many injustices in the world. In her glory days, she was very much a crusader and she cared for everyone. Over the years, as her situation took its toll, I came to realise that it was the fact that she couldn't be put in a single specific category, that made the system fail her. She needed help that they weren't set up to provide.
She needed more care and she needed to be less alone. I'm so sorry that this has happened.
For a long while we were corresponding almost every day but a couple of months ago, I realised that she had become so stressed that nearly every interaction I had with her was starting to trigger her. I backed away to give her a bit more space. She only had a little time that she could stand to be online and there were too many things that she wanted to do in that time. I thought that by taking a step back, she could reach out to more people who might be geographically closer and able to assist.
Kate was a beautiful soul and she will be sorely missed by all of us.
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Spoil your cat · 122 weeks ago
Many of these living arrangement aren't good, and many of the people who run those places really don't have the residents' best interest at heart. Those places are like old age homes and foster homes, where you sometimes hear horror stories. They're hard to trust. But then there are good ones, of course.
The best thing for an autistic adult is either to go on living at home or working and renting an apartment and living independently, but that isn't always an option.
Duncan · 112 weeks ago