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once again, i'm in the process of figuring out Brooke. she's definitely growing up and showing signs of entering into the next phas...

i've been thinking about this aspergers thing again. actually, i've been thinking about it for the past 6 years, but as brooke gets ...

for about a year, brooke has been talking about going to summer camp. she'd read about it in a book and seen some tv episodes about camp...

my child continues to surprise me. she says and does things that are funny and interesting and often so different from me. i feel like i don...

today we were reading a science book for school about bad smells. i know, i've talked a lot lately about stuff we're doing for schoo...

a while ago i heard about a thing called a weighted blanket. a friend had asked if i had one for brooke. i didn't even know what it was,...

i'm pretty sure i come from a different planet than brooke does. she comes from the land where feelings have colors and numbers have foo...

homeschooling a strong-willed child is a challenge for any parent. homeschooling a strong-willed kid with aspergers is an extra blob of stre...

this weekend i've been visiting my family who live 6 hrs away from me and it's been positively delightful. we brought brooke's b...

today has been one of those days on the homefront where i shake my head & wonder why it's too late to go back & use some birth c...

do you ever go out shopping or to the movies or anywhere in public & see a kid dressed like some wacky thing? it might be a super hero o...

nothing tops off a day of homeschooling hell like getting kicked in the boob at the dinner table by a spastic, scowling child with ice cold ...

tomorrow we leave & brooke's starting to get nervous. she's worried about going through security & having to put her stuffed...

i'm going through my mental list of all the things that need to be done between now & friday morning when we head for the airport - ...

we've developed some problems with pants around here. brooke's got my body type which means that she has short legs & tends to g...

today was one of "those" days. you know the kind - where you wake up & there are grumpy vibes coming from everywhere. the firs...

a few months ago i saw a preview for the movie "temple grandin." it's the true story of an autistic woman raised in the 50...

my sweet, quirky girl went to vbs this past week. it was a 4 night event at a church where she's gone over the past 4 summers, but we do...

my daughter, brooke, is 7 now & she's a pretty unique kid. she has a love of animals that's unmatched by anything else in her wo...

today, as usual, brooke spent her day running around the house in a costume. she was a dog, which usually consists of some odd combination o...