As a special needs family,  we have learned to celebrate the little and even kinda weird victories.  This helps us to stay positive and not always focus on the rest of our overwhelming life.  A prime example of this is Mr.  Emmett John.  He's sporting a pair of shorts, flip flops, red compression vest and an Angry Birds hat.  I'm not sure where he gets his sense of style from but he's made it his own.  There are two victories we celebrated with this.  The first is well,  actually wearing clothes and the second was putting on this ensemble, all by himself in the first place.  :-) Life is all about perspective.... This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I…

Do you know anyone that just let's it all hang out? I do.  In the Lost and Tired family,  Bella, our Boxer puppy, doesn't seem to have any problems with exposing herself to the world. I'm almost too embarrassed to share this with you all.  However, this would have eventually leaked to the internet anyway. I guess I just wanted to stay ahead of it.  I assure you, Bella is going into treatment and this kind of smutt will not happen again.  We are so embarrassed and apologize if Bella has offended anyone. This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please join our Autism Help Forums Look for "Autism Help"…

Sometimes we have to really take stock of what we accomplish. So often, I think we all are weighed done by all we don't manage to do. Instead,  we should focus on what we did well.  For example....  I'm super proud of myself for not stress eating last night.  I was plenty stressed out but I didn't eat.  I opted instead to have a cup of hot tea. That wasn't easy for me to do, but I did it.  I thought it would be nice to share what we are proud of ourselves for. I really think it's important to keep perspective. This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please…

Gavin started having chest pain a short while ago. His heart rate was bouncing between 56bpm and about 130bpm. That's definitely not a good thing. We have begun making plans to get him to the hospital, should we need to. We will have to divide and conquer since the E's are still sick. At the moment, Gavin is resting in bed. We're really, really hoping he will stabilize after lying down and taking the load off of his heart. The last thing anyone needs right now is another autonomic crisis. So far its borough his heart rate down and the chest pain has subsided. Hopefully, that will continue to be the case. Please keep Gavin in your thoughts and prayers again this afternoon . Thank you This was posted via…