We’ve been Marvel fans for a while. Last Saturday we took the family to see Avengers: Infinity War. Excited doesn’t begin to cover it.  My daughter texted the following when we told her. We really started loving the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) with the first […]

Why do I see 123-autism.com here?  Am I in the right place? Good morning everyone.  If you’ve stumbled across this blog and this post, you may see a lot of things with 123-autism.com.  This is because I am in the process of rebranding and converting […]

Every year I struggle with how to address this month, and in particular April 2, Autism Awareness Day. I am so grateful that so many more people are aware of Autism. In days past, whenever one of my boys would flip into meltdown mode or […]

This last week I accompanied Lawboy as a chaperone on his school’s orchestra/band trip to Chicago. I’ve been to Chicago a few times before, and the city never fails to make me happy. I love, LOVE, the variety and quality of food there. I love […]

Throw Back Thursday is a bit different this week. I thought this had been scheduled to post in the fall….and it didn’t. So here it is today. Enjoy. *********** November 16, 2017 We haven’t moved yet. It was nearly Halloween before the relocation company got […]

Wow! I had high hopes, but Whirlwind it’s official! He has been accepted into all three schools he applied to. Academically he was sixth in his class at the beginning of the year, (I’m not quite sure where he stands right now), but one of […]

January was a busy month for us. I worked extensively with Whirlwind as he finished and revised the last of his college application essays. It was exhausting at times. Truly exhausting-mentally and physically. At the same time I feel truly blessed. Whirlwind is functioning enough […]

Photo credit: https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-mathematics-of-juggling-20170524/ I didn’t realize how dependent I am on my planner until I was without the first two+ weeks of the year. The one I ordered finally came yesterday after a shipping snafu. I had a small paper January calendar where I could […]

Firstborn graduated last year.  He was accepted into a four of the five schools he applied to–all in different states. He really wanted to go to one of two schools in particular and he made it his goal to get in.  Once he was accepted […]

Since I’m bringing my blogs into one place, I’ve decided once a week to create a “Throwback Thursday” post where I will be bringing over older posts from my blogs.  For me, this will create a more cohesive stream of content and a view of […]