Lizze and I have finally finished most of the preparations for the arrival of Santa Clause. With any luck we should have things wrapped up by tonight. ;-) The boys are more than ready for Santa's little pit stop at our house on Christmas Eve night. They are quite excited in fact. Are your kiddos ready?
My understanding is that people on the autism spectrum can have boundary issues. Things like not understanding ones need for personal space. In the instance of the Lost and Tired family, only one of us really struggles with boundaries, and that would be Mr. Gavin. I know that aspergers plays a role in that but his case is a bit more complex. Well, to be truthful, it's a whole lot more complex. One of the issues we have struggled with him on was inappropriate touching. Inappropriate touching is basically, any physical contact by the toucher that makes the touchee feel uncomfortable. Whether there is malicious intent behind the touching or not, it's still a problem. In Gavin's case, the touching tends to be of a sexual nature. For as long…
Elliott wrote this letter the other night and when I found it, my heart just broke. The letter read: "I miss Gavin because Gavin is not home" It's so difficult because doing the right thing is also causing Elliott pain. While Gavin is home now, I don't know how long we can keep that up.
Please be patient while I work on getting things back up and running. :-)
In the aftermath of Sandy Hook Elementary and all the other horrible tragedies involving gun violence, I completely support this message. I realize that in United States, we have a right to bare arms. However, something very clearly has to give. We have to find a way to address this problem and keep our children safe. Personally, I willing to accept tighter restrictions or whatever is necessary in order to keep our children safe from gun violence. Having said that, we also must realize that guns are not the only problem. There is always a person that pulls the trigger. Even if we remove guns, won't that deranged person find another way to inflict violence? We need a dynamic plan that will address this from as many angles as possible. I don't…
It never ever fails that we are always scrambling to get things done at the very last possible minute. This year is more exception. I always promise myself that I'll do better next year and I end up breaking my promise to myself, year in and year out. I think I just get too distracted with everything else going on and there's always something more important at the moment that needs to be done first. It's stressful and exhausting..... Once again we find ourselves scrambling at the last minute to finish preparations for Santa Clause. Are you ready for Santa Clauses arrival?
So far, Gavin is doing really well. He's slipping up here and there but overall he's doing well so far. I'm really hoping this will last but the reality is that we are in a honeymoon phase. I'll take every good day that we'll can get. :-)
Lizze and I were watching a movie tonight and someone very quietly began knocking on our front door. It was really late and the guy was knocking so quietly that Maggie hadn't even taken notice. As soon as I realized someone was at the front door, I immediately was on my feet and Maggie and Bella both were on point. I opened the front door but left the storm door closed and I actually physically held it shut in case this guy was stupid enough to try and do something with both dogs there. This guy claimed to be my neighbor, which he wasn't and kept asking for an extra audio /video cable. It was really creepy because he kept asking, over and over again. Then he turned around and…