Sisyphus
The Greek myth goes that Sisyphus was condemned by Zeus to roll a massive boulder up a hill, only to have it roll to the bottom again once he got it to the top. Sisyphus had angered the gods with his hubris, cheating death, and causing a big kerfuffle. But it’s not his crime I […]
Throw Out the Baby Book
I almost named my website, “That’s Not What I Ordered”, because that’s what ran through my mind when I became a new mom! Just a giggle really, but true nonetheless. A close friend of mine had had a super low-maintenance baby girl, who was sleeping fully through the night by her fourth week, three weeks […]
“Welcome to Holland”
Nobody expects to become a special needs parent. Though we are all compassionately aware of people with disabilities within our communities, we never imagine that we might too, one day, count our own child among them. All of us have dreams of what our future family might look like; of the things we will ensure […]
The Wave
Like an oceanic wave, autism takes form in the relatively unexplored territory of the deep blue sea… Shaped by unseen Forces of Nature, it slowly gathers momentum and begins to move with purpose towards the mainland. With an awesome inevitability, it rolls into the quiet shallows of our bay, heaving upwards against a cloudless sky. […]
Hello world!
Sometimes becoming the best parent we can be to our diagnosed children requires a personal metamorphisis of a kind. We grow alongside them to meet each new challenge. Each of our journeys is beautifully unique, but there’s always common ground in every story. Join me, as we learn to navigate the “secret world of autism” […]