Gavin's a bit nervous but doing well. He's very focused on the IV heading his way and is trying to talk himself through it. He brought a stuffed animal with…
I spoke recently about some of the struggles we face while raising a profoundly cognitively impaired adult son. This morning presented me with yet another issue that was directly related…
I'm my very first Today's Victory post in a while; I want to celebrate my kids. My life is indeed difficult, and my kids are challenging to say the least.…
It's been a very frustrating day. We had to totally adjust our plans because Elliott was home sick but we try very hard to roll with the punches. Autism and/or…
We’ve actually had to put something back on the table that we’d previously taken off. That’s revisiting whether or not Gavin would be better off in a group home type environment.
It all depends on traffic and how much God is looking to test my sanity.
My day was full of ups and downs. It was full of roller-coaster emotions and some very difficult situations that I didn't want to have to deal with. As I…
Self-injurious behavior is also very disruptive to the rest of the house. It’s loud, violent and even though it’s directed inward (meaning Gavin only physically hurts himself), it still hurts everyone else as well.
