When the World Tilts

Sometimes, despite my best efforts and despite all my planning, things still have a way of going awry and in those moments it can feel like the world has shifted from its expected and anticipated normalcy. You see, I am someone who likes to believe I have greater...

Out of Thin Air

One of my favorite parts of Facebook is clicking on the Memories heading and scrolling, through the years, a scroll along memory lane, if you will. This exercise of looking back and recalling days gone by is also something my teenagers enjoy alongside me; they take...

Long Live the Queen of Music

Some of my favorite moments with our girls involve music and, as I’ve written in previous posts, I am all about shared experiences and music can easily create those kinds of experiences. In fact, that is exactly what we enjoyed tonight as I led us down a rabbit hole...

Hearts for Animals Are Tender Hearts

(this post contains affiliate links) Have you ever come to the end of a day and looked forward to bedtime, not for your kids, but for yourself? A day when you’ve been in what seems like constant motion and done thing after thing after thing and your mind is fixed on...

All Things New, Until They’re Familiar

Sometimes, I forget. I forget that new things can feel overwhelming to the autistic or neurodivergent brain. I forget that my girls are experiencing something new because, well, it’s not new to me. Fortunately, my teenagers have gotten pretty good at communicating...