Awhile ago, I posted about my sister,  Kate,  running a marathon in Washington DC.  She was raising money for the Organization for Autism Research.  Well,  the marathon was today and she finished a little while ago.  She ran after injuring her leg previously.  At mile 9, she thought she was going to have to stop because her leg felt like it was on fire.  However,  she pushed through the pain and ran another 16 miles to finish the race. Thanks a lot Kate.  Running for Autism is great cause.  :-) **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Community Autism Support Forum Posted from WordPress for Android

If your anything like me,  not that you would want to be,  you relish every break you get from the trials and tribulations of special needs parenting.  For me,  it's not that I don't like being with my three boys with #Autism,  because I do,  it's just nonstop and exhausting. A few times a year,  my wife and I find ourselves childless for a few hours. Today is one of those rare days where Emmett is with my parents and Elliott and Gavin are with Lizze's parents.  You would think this is a good thing and it is but it's also a challenge in and of itself. Perhaps that sounds weird but let me explain.  First of all,  this hardly ever happens. Sure we might be down one or two…

Some might say it's a victimless crime,  but I beg to differ.  I regret to inform you that the daffodil,  affectionately known as yellow to the Lost and Tired family,  was brutally murdered this afternoon by an unknown assailant. The coroner's report is pending but decapitation seems like the cause of death at this point. You may remember yellow from an earlier post today. I don't know what kind monster would do something this hanious and perhaps I never will. While yellow only lived a few short hours, she brightened the day of hundreds of my readers, including this writer. I'm grateful to have witnessed her brilliant beauty,  even if all I have is a picture to remember her by.  :-( She was the first flower of 2012 for the…

I received an award this morning.  To be completely honest, I'm not exactly sure what I did to deserve this but someone sure felt I deserved it and that someone was Emmett. He told me that it was my award and that had to put in on my shirt and not my skin. On my shirt it went and I wore it proudly, until it feel off at some point and I lost it.  :-( **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Community Autism Support Forum Posted from WordPress for Android

So it's only March and I'm in Ohio.  Isn't it a bit early for the flowers to be blooming?  The last two weeks, we have seen everyday hit the 70's or warmer. It seems that Spring has come a little early this year. Hopefully,  this brightens your day as it has mine.  :-) **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Community Autism Support Forum Posted from WordPress for Android

I've been up since 5am with Emmett.  He has literally been screaming,  almost the entire time. If you listen closely,  you can hear the fibers of my sanity snapping like twigs under a heavy foot step. I'm being driven closer and closer to this place called crazy.  I wish I could just have one normal normal day. Are there any normal days left in the bag?  If so,  could I please have one **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Community Autism Support Forum Posted from WordPress for Android

Lizze had her final headache infusion session,  yesterday afternoon. She basically underwent 12 hours of pretty hardcore narcotics being pumped into her via IV. This was split up over two days and the sole purpose was to break her five weeks old migraine. She can only have this done one time a year,  at least as far as I know. It was almost exactly a year ago that she had this done to break a migraine that she had that lasted for months. The good news is that it appears to have worked.  I say appears to have worked because she still pretty heavily medicated.  We should have a better idea of where we stand as time goes on.  The downside to this is that it only treats the current…