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Category Archives: Special Needs

Posts about the autism spectrum, whether my son falls on it or not. Posts about speech and language delay. ASD in general. Special needs.

Ok first, friends, I have less than 20 minutes to write this post as I’ve been working on something else today, which I am excited to announce here and promise to do so soon. I say this because holycrapwow, I didn’t have time to do Finish the Sentence this week the way that I wanted to. […]

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When I was six, we lived in a small house with a linoleum kitchen near the entrance, a family room on the right, and a 70’s carpeted hallway between the two that led to our bedrooms. Mine was at the end on the left, and my younger brothers shared the one on the right. On […]

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I want to tell you a story before I tell you about the 6 reasons why asking why is important. Each of us tells and has stories that stay. Words we hold onto when we’re frightened, hopeful, in awe, and lost. Rhymes and mantras from childhood visit us over the years. We learn new ones […]

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Do you remember my friend Ivy’s six sentence stories? I love this prompt and hope to participate more in the future. My first stories have been about a woman named Denise, and tonight, I continue with this fiction and her story. *** Squatting next to the mound that-might-be-a-grave in the fake-Prada lady’s garden thinking about past […]

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Dear Younger Me, One day, you’ll write a letter to you, now, from the perspective that comes from time. A letter to my younger self, you’ll think. Keep in mind that the person I write to will always be younger than the one on the keyboard. After all, every second, I become less young than […]

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“It’s gonna snow tomorrow? Crap! That means I’ll have to take the bus.” I was 19 or 20, and the days when the weather prevented me from riding my bike to and from work were a hardship. Cycling with work clothes and deodorant in my backpack 13.5 miles each way was good exercise. It was […]

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