I'm going to share so random pictures from the Lost and Tired Thanksgiving. This is my amazing Mother. :-) This is the turkey my amazing Mother created. :-) In the background is my sisters super cool boyfriend John. From left to right: My sister Jenn, my Mother, my Grandmother Gorski and my Aunt Sissy. :-)
We are at Thanksgivings dinner a day I wanted to share this picture and ask you one question. Do you see what I see?
I've got a feeling. That feeling is telling me that today is going to be a rough day, at least as far as Elliott's concerned. He's having a mixed morning and is very easily agitated. I can already see how some of this is likely to play out. Elliott will have fun today, only to crash tonight. In my experience, kids on the #Autism spectrum can do okay for a little while but once that threshold is reached, it's all down hill. This is when we tend to see those #Autism or SPD related meltdowns. If an #Autistic child or adult has a meltdown, more likely than not, they are completely overwhelmed and their body needs to purge. Anything can be contributing to this. Lights, sounds, smells, clothes, touch, textures,…
I thought it would be nice to share what I'm thankful for today and invite you all to do the same. I'm thankful for my wife and kids. I would be lost without them. Despite all the challenge and difficulties associated with raising my family, each and everyone of them are absolutely worth it. I'm thankful for my extended family. Without their help, especially with Gavin, I don't know what we would do. I'm thankful for this site and all its grown to be. I hope that it keeps growing and can reach more and more people, so they know they aren't alone. Last but certainly not least, I'm thankful for each and every one of you, my readers and friends. I think that many of us have cone to…
Today is a difficult day for me. To me, the holidays are supposed to be about family. I really appreciate having my family together over the holidays. This year however, things are a bit different. My family will not be together for the holidays and I honestly don't know what to do with that. As you know, Gavin was moved out of our house about a month ago and for very good reason. I know that we did this for the right reasons and that we had no other choice. However, at moments like these, I really miss having good everyone together. We can't go back to the way things were, that's obvious. Gavin simply cannot coexist in our home. It's not good for him or us. Having said that,…
The Lost and Tired family wanted to wish you and yours, a safe and happy Thanksgiving.. May it be underwhelming so as not to overstimulate anyone in your family and cause distress.
I wanted to take a few minutes and update you all as to the status of the Lost and Tired blog. Last Friday I found out that I was getting too much traffic on this site to remain on the server I migrated to back in October. Bluehost informed me that I would need to upgrade to a more advanced and subsequently more expensive server. I asked for help to keep the site online and with your help, I was able to move to the new server. Problem solved? Not exactly. The migration didn't go smoothly. I've been on the phone with Bluehost support almost everyday for one thing or another. I'm still experiencing what appears to be an outage but it's pretty random. I keep getting messages from people…
Gavin is gone and the boys are settling into their old routines. I hung out with Elliott for a couple hours tonight. He's really struggling with this new allergy thing and Gavin going back to his grandparents. Elliott's really worried about eating something that will make him need to use his Epipen. I'm hoping that we can help him work through this and put him mind at ease. For right now, he's sleeping all snuggled up with Ms. Bella. Right before I snapped this picture, he had his arms around her. It was the cutest thing ever. I was to slow on the draw and missed it.