That Had to Be a ‘God Thing’

It’s really late tonight, and I’m so exhausted that I can’t sleep. Does that ever happen to you? Your head hits the pillow and while your body so badly wants to go into dreamland, your mind can’t stop racing with thoughts? I find that it’s better for me to just get up and do something [...]

Autism Yesterday

“Autism is reversible.” I remember in the early days of Josiah’s diagnosis coming across this statement on a Google internet search. It was such a different declaration than what so many books and websites said. I kept seeing things like, “Autism is a pervasive, life-long disorder with no known cure and no known cause.” What [...]

One (in 150) is the Loneliest Number

Can I be real with you?
It’s been about seven months from the time that we were first alerted to the fact that something might be wrong with our little Josiah. I’ve been kind overcome lately about how lonely and painfully long this journey of autism can be. At first, you work so hard to get [...]

Autism? That’s Rainman, Right?

When my son was diagnosed with autism back in December, I was talking with a friend I hadn’t seen in a while. I told her that we’d been having a tough time because our son has autism. She blurted out, “Now what’s that again–that’s Rainman right?” With everything in me I wanted to defend my [...]

Get Your Hopes Up

I’ve wanted to do this for months, but I’m finally going to start a blog! My family got thrust into the “autism club” when our little beautiful, curly-haired boy was diagnosed with autism this past fall of 2007 at age 2. It’s been about six months since it all began, rather suddenly. Literally, one day life [...]