Wildflowers for Jade

My very hard working little Jade has graduated from all of his therapies. May 3rd was his last day at BCA! :)  First day of sch...

Years of therapy - speech therapy, occupational therapy, behavior therapy, and social skills. My 5 year old has worked his butt off to le...

Before I had kids I thought I knew so much. I believed in nurture’s superiority to nature. I thought that boys must gravitate towards “...

Last night Jaden and I finished reading  The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe . This wasn’t the first “big book” I’ve read to him but it...

My favorite time of day is Jaden’s bedtime. Not because he’s going to be asleep (though I won’t lie, sometimes that’s nice) but because tha...

“Ugh, I can’t explain it. You’re just going to have to come see for yourself.” Words we’ve said or had said to us several times in our live...

Yesterday I called my estranged husband and uttered words I never thought I’d say. “Ok,” I said as if in urgent defeat. “I want to be a don...

I don’t mind questions about Jaden and Autism; in fact I welcome them. It doesn’t matter if the questions come from the utmost ignorance, a...