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He was home only 15 minutes

Gavin is back home until Friday because he's still off of school and Lizze's parents are going back to work.  This is really difficult because as a temporary solution, nothing more permanent is in place yet.  This means that there will be quite a bit if back and forth. This is a problem because no one can get adjusted to anything before it all gets changed again.  Right now it's like a constant state of chaos.  I misunderstood the schedule and wasn't expecting Gavin home tonight.  Anyone familiar with a RAD child,  knows that even though you love them with all your heart, you have to mentally prepare for them to come home.  We were struggling with the 2 boys already tonight and Gavin arrived home.  I asked him to…

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January 2, 2013
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I want so badly to be able to help

I'm really worried about Lizze.  She's not doing well at all.  She is rapidly declining and I don't know what to do.  I will be contacting the Cleveland Clinic in the morning to find out the status on her insurance coverage.  She needs into this program, ASAP. I have absolutely no idea how we will pull this off but I do know that we have absolutely no choice.  Lizze informed me tonight that she's not healing properly anymore.  She has little cuts and scratches that haven't healed yet and they're weeks old.  Clearly that's not a good thing.  My first inclination is that stress is behind most, if not all of this.  Having said that, what matters most is making this stop.  She needs relief and I don't know how…

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January 1, 2013
Read more about the article Today’s #Autism Victory: The 1st for 2013
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Today’s #Autism Victory: The 1st for 2013

I was sorta griping about how the boys were not getting along.  Low and behold, they found a time and place to coexist together, peacefully.  I'm so excited to see this and I suspect that as more time passes between Gavin last visit, things will continue to improve. 

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January 1, 2013
Read more about the article Let’s hear those New Year’s Resolutions
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Let’s hear those New Year’s Resolutions

I thought it would be interesting to share some of our New Year's Resolutions for 2013. I used to try to do something really grand or profound.  However, I discovered that I would better off being realistic.  I try to underpromise and overdeliver.  So what's you New Year's Resolution for this year?

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January 1, 2013
Read more about the article Didn’t they get the memo??
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Didn’t they get the memo??

I was hoping that my boys would come up with a New Year's resolution.  I was also hoping that New Year's resolution would be to not fight with each other. Imagine my dismay when I wake up to Elliott and Emmett screaming at each other once again.  Didn't they get the memo? It's a new year and a fresh start.  I've tried to explain to them that at the beginning of each new year, we look back on all the good things we did and try to continue doing those things.  At the same time, we should look back on the things that didn't go so good and learn from those mistakes.  That was probably wishful thinking on my part.  I think these guys were only meant to get along…

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January 1, 2013
Read more about the article The highlight of my day
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The highlight of my day

I wanted to share this moment with you all.  First of all, it's no secret that I'm having kind of a rough time with life right now.  New Year's Eve was a really bad day for me. Having said that, I was rescued at the end of the day by my sweet, perfect and amazing little Emmett John.  He was having a rough as well and when we got home from my parents house, he was just screaming.  He was so exhausted and overwhelmed that his little body was just purging.  He came over to me while I was sitting on the couch, with tears in his eyes and climbed into my lap.  I put Google Music up on the TV and played Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven. It was…

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January 1, 2013
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Gunshots rang out like a bell……

I realize that it's the New Year and whatnot, but sweet merciful Jesus, we live in the friggin city.  I lost count of all the gun shots I heard in the first 10 minutes of 2013. It was so bad there was no point in calling the Police and it was so loud it woke Emmett up. I could see if I lived out in the middle of nowhere but I live in the city.  It's really scary to know that there are that many guns in the immediate area. In case anyone is wondering, these were gun shots and not fire crackers.  There is a difference and Maggie only barks at gun shots.  She can tell the difference as well. 2013 really needs to be the year we get out…

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January 1, 2013