When we ended the previous school year earlier this summer, we were in the middle of a very unpleasant investigation by Child Protective Services, in response to a spite call. Over summer vacation, we were able to put that behind us. As this new school year begins, I'm reminded of just how far we've come.  We will begin the new school year on a good note.  :-) This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me

Later on this morning, I will be sending my kids off to their first day of school.  Some will be returning, while another will be going for the very first time. There will be tears falling from my eyes while I'm crying like a baby, as I watch my youngest leave the nest and begin to spread his little wings. At the same time, we will be celebrating another major milestone in our lives. It was on the 3rd of September, 2003, that I married my best friend. Lizze and I will be celebrating our 10th anniversary. I told Lizze that for our anniversary, I'm giving her a house free from the kids during the day.  ;-) I'm not sure what you're supposed to give for a 10th anniversary but…

I'm on the verge of losing my mind.  The boys are driving me completely crazy.  Elliott and Emmett are literally all over the place.  Neither one of them are listening and I have grown to hate the sound of my own voice. Gavin on the other hand just informed that his heart rate monitor watch is broken.  Why is it broken you ask? Remember that birthday party that Lizze and I let him go to this past weekend, against our better judgment? It turns out that he spent some time running over and over again, into a brick wall.  Smashing into the wall, cracked the screen and damaged the display.  Now only half of the display works and it no longer works to check his heart right.  We are going…

I was talking about this on Facebook the other day but I wanted to go into more detail here. This is one of those topics that you are either going to agree with or not.  As a special needs parent, I believe very strongly in advocating for my children with Autism and other medical challenges. I feel like it's my responsibility to speak for my children, until such a time they can speak for themselves.  I've been heavily criticized for this opinion but that hasn't deterred me from going what I feel in my heart is right. We have Autism Awareness month and world Autism Awareness Day.  These are times when the world focuses on people with Autism and raising awareness. This is so incredibly important and I think it's…

While at the family gathering today, Elliott drew a picture of his new favorite game, Rayman. He's really into drawing right now and I think that's a really good thing.  :-) This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me

We don't always have much that goes in our favor. However, when we do we are incredibly grateful.  Today was one of those days where we received some incredible news. Do you remember how we have been struggling to pull ourselves out of foreclosure? If not, we have been struggling most of this year to pull ourselves out of foreclosure. We've been working with our mortgage company to renegotiate our mortgage under their hardship program.  The process has taken a large chunk of this year but we got the official paperwork thus weekend. Our payment has been adjusted and we are in a much better situation now.  Nothing is going to be easy but we now have a fighting chance and that's more than what we had before.  I'd say…