Antithesis

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” ~ Mary Anne Radmacher
After our terrible, horrible no good, very bad morning you might think that Niksdad and I decided to lay low and stay close to home this afternoon.  You’d be mistaken.  [...]

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If you read only one post today, read THIS

It’s all too easy to wrap myself up in my cocoon of life with my little family and my warm-fuzzy relationships with my blogging and other friends. So easy to revel in the progress my child is making as he learns to eat, to walk, run, play, communicate —and to love and be nurtured in [...]

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PITA to PETA??

Thank you to everyone who signed the petition and helped spread the word on the grossly offensive billboards created by PETA.
Due to the overwhelming negative response, the billboard has been removed…by the advertiser!Again, Ari Ne’eman articulates it more clearly so I’ll let him do it for me:**********************************************************Hello everyone,
I am happy to announce that PETA’s recent, [...]

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Cow Shite

…From Cheese to Milk.
The well-intentioned folks over at PETA are at it again. First it was a campaign to replace cow’s milk in ice cream with human milk. Folks, I couldn’t possibly make this crap up.
Now, in another udderly ridiculous claim, they are touting that there is a definitive link between autism and consumption of [...]

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The journey of a thousand miles begins…

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill.Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.~Lao Tzu

Step one — make room:

Dear People-I-Have-Come-to-Honor-and-Respect,
I want to let you all know that I will no longer be participating withthe [names of groups here].
As you know, circumstances change; taking care of my family is a top priority. When [...]

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Pebbles

Image courtesy of Richard Winskill

Jennifer Graf Groneberg has a beautiful post today at Parent Dish about ice cream —and ripples. It got me thinking this morning about what effect I have on the world around me —both in my own closely circumscribed world of family and in a larger, more global or community sense.
It’s so [...]

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Plain Speaking and the AAP

Let me be perfectly blunt. I may do that with you, may I not? I mean, if you are here reading my blog then you have some sense of me by now, I hope.
I HATE choosing sides. I can’t help it; I’m a true Libran, always striving for balance and even-handedness even in my zealous [...]

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Y’ Not?

Saturday morning’s frustration with the Kid Zone left me angry and feeling like I was on the war path. It was not a pleasant sensation. And frankly, it wasn’t pretty either; I’ve been on the other side of the fence —watching another person be so consumed with the righteousness they felt that they scorched others [...]

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Bittersweet Birthday Party

Last night, we went to a birthday party for one of Nik’s old school mates, N, who just turned seven. It was a pizza, cake and ice cream kind of party; the first party Nik has ever been to outside of school which didn’t center on a holiday or being with extended family. We didn’t [...]

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The Fat Lady is Singing

As I commented on this post at AutismVox, there IS a Santa Claus! NYU has listened to our voices.
The campaign is over. I’d like to give props to one person, one organization, that spearheaded the effort — Ari Ne’eman, President of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. You can read his comments here.

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