Not Quite Wordless Wednesday: Graveyard for No Longer Needed Words

Saturday Sisters: The Women in the Time of Moses' Birth

Hard times demand hard decisions.

A Way of Looking at Different Abilities and Disabilities

based on a quote from Dr. Sally Shaywitz of The Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity

 This is about a set of films and a particular disability, but it's also about overcoming challenges  in general.

Wordless Wednesday: The Field Across the Street

Watching the Harvest

Structure

Conflicting Needs

  i'm told structure in the life is a good thing.
  MyGuy thrives on it.
  i know Max needs structure in his life.  As a Person with Autism, it helps him feel in control and independent.

  i hate structure.  i like the free-flowing lifestyle.  Maybe i'm just lazy, but i hate following any sort of schedule.
  For me, predictability is knowing i have corn bran, skim milk and oj for my breakfast.  The rest of the day can follow general outlines (no driving in the Mile Square, thank you!) and that's fine.

  Max desperately needs constant schedule and predictability.

  And as The Mom, it's up to me, not The Dad, to put the structure in the life.

Kaleidoscipic Max

  We took a short trip this week, in honor of fall break.

  We drove from Indianapolis to Bloomington.  The colors were gorgeous Thursday, and the air properly crisp for October.
  This is the story of traveling with a young man with autism.

Wordless Wednesday: Bully Pet

"Do I have to put up with him playing with my leash?"