Ryland is currently 19 years old and is non-verbal. No words whatsoever. It’s easy to think non-verbal people are not so smart or do not have personalities that they can display. Spend any amount of time with Ry and you will soon come to know that those things are completely untrue. While we are tryingRead more
After having sat down with Paix a while back asking her about her Bi-Polar, I had the idea of doing the same with Aidan and his Asperger Syndrome. We’ve had to have many conversations about his emotions and lack of emotion lately due to our current situation, so I thought now might be a goodRead more
Every day is a struggle right now. Every day I am fighting to stay positive. Fighting to keep from going over the edge again. Much more so than normal. Some days are much harder than others. It’s a tough situation to be in, dealing with the end of a marriage, and having already been dealingRead more
When something in life happens that pulls the rug completely out from under you, things can get pretty ugly pretty quick. Your whole world seems to shatter around you and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. There is no steadying yourself or jumping back up on your feet right away. You areRead more
Life has a way of taking us places we never thought we’d go, doesn’t it? If you had asked me 25 years ago where I would be now, my answer would be nowhere close to what has actually happened. No one dreams of having a special needs child. It’s something that just happens and thenRead more
Everyone has fears about raising their children. That is one thing that parents of typical children and parents of special needs children share. Is my child happy? Will my child make friends? How safe is my child? With parents of disabled children though these questions take on a whole new level of stress. Along withRead more
Divorce is such an ugly thing. I wish that I could write about something else right now, but this word ‘divorce’ has consumed my entire existence these days. Twenty years is a long time to share a life with someone. To have that tie severed is traumatic. Especially when one of the parties involved hadRead more
It’s been a little over a month since I last posted. April was a terrible month. May has slightly improved but only because of sheer strength of will. April began with the meds not working – again. A miserable place to be for sure. I was trapped in this seemingly endless cycle of horrible thoughtsRead more