I give up. I give up on perfection. Real life is hard. Real life leaves you with five minutes here and there to tackle things you want to do. Real life leaves little room for perfection. I give up on long blog posts and schedules […]

Just when you think you’re gaining traction, you find out it’s 95% likely that you’ll move. To another state. Into a smaller home. And school is starting soon. I still have plenty of posts planned for the future.  And if I can manage it, I’ll […]

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 […]

This post does not reflect the usual interaction our special needs youth normally have with Scouting.  I share this as an example of how we still have work to do to in communities at large so individuals with Autism can be understood and helped to […]

This was supposed to be the Memorial Day post about summer.  Instead it’s going up today, close to Independence Day.  If you’re wondering why, read HERE. *************** Happy Memorial (Independence) Day! As someone with lots of military service in my family, it’s a particularly poignant holiday […]

I had intended to post on Memorial Day about part of our summertime game plan. Instead I found my family packing up to race across country–in hopes of saying goodbye to our beloved Grandmother. She was a powerhouse of faith, service and spirituality.  We will […]

Background on the Mickey Mouse Tie-dye Shirts: I originally made the first Mickey Mouse tie-dye matching shirts and this post for my family back in 2011.  I did it because I had seen the idea on social media and thought it would be really fun […]

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 […]

In the past, I’ve run as many as five blogs, and it’s been a bit exhausting separating different parts of myself.   On this blog I’ll be bringing in pieces from my blogs into one place.  My main autism blog was MomtoMyGroupofMunchkins.blogspot.com. I’ll be chronicling […]

I’ve been a long-time crafter of some sort. I think it stems from the fact I come from a very creative family. My father sings, plays multiple instruments and is a good photographer. My mother sews, draws and oil paints, and used to play the […]