So today is my last day being 34 years of age, and for so many reasons, I'm dreading tomorrow. It's not a fear of getting older, or the fact that my life is far from what I expected at this age. I couldn't put my finger on it at all but today I have realised [...]
How to make Christmas autism friendly.
As a child I absolutely adored the candlelit church service at Christmas. We would sing 9 carols and here 9 lessons or stories from the bible, surrounded by the beautiful glow of Christmas. Needless to say, nowadays we can't attend services like this (at the moment anyway). Kiddo's sensory needs and lack of safety awareness [...]
The new born “phase”.
I saw some cartoons recently that really made me laugh! It was 2.45am as I scrolled through these drawings of an exhausted mum, surrounded by chaos in her house, with shit on her sleeve, nappy bins over flowing and spending her date night with her partner conked out on the sofa. Ah those days of [...]
Why that birthday party invite is so important.
Recently I invited a little boy to kiddo's upcoming birthday party. I don't think I have ever seen a parent so happy that her child had received an invite, for him. Not as a tag along, not as a family invite, just for him. It made me wonder where it all goes wrong for our [...]
The fine line between love and neglect.
This is probably something that we all feel but no one talks about. So I'm going to write about it in the hope it makes one or two of you feel better. We all want to spend time with our children. Meaningful time, where we engage with them in an interest and really build that [...]
Autism and the next life
It was kiddo's uncle's funeral yesterday. We thought so much of him that we made him kiddo's god father too. His beliefs, his passions and his moral outlook on life were exactly what we wanted kiddo to look up to. I lost count yesterday how many times people asked me how kiddo was and how [...]
Silencing Parental Guilt.
My husband and I dropped Kiddo to Saturday club this morning. Once a month a charity based at his school run a fun activity day so that parents can spend time together or concentrate on their other children for a few hours. Hubby and I hardly ever get time to ourselves, but recently we have [...]
