Journalist, Author, Blogger

Do I wish she didn’t have autism? You bet I do.

Autism consumes us, so much so that when non-autism trauma happens in our lives, it throws us. It pushes us to the very edge of our sanity. I haven’t written in a while, but I knew April was coming. I pledged I would write every day in April, as I have done in the past.…

Lately I feel like there’s a clock counting down the days until Brielle is no longer living at home with me and my husband. Even though we have no set day or time or place for when Brielle leaves us and moves into a residential program, the fact that we have been approved for funding…
Please don’t call me Superwoman. I know you mean well. You all do. But I’ve been hearing it for far too long, and staying silent. “I don’t know how you do it,” you said, and I just smiled and said nothing. Oh, so many times. I’ve heard it, stayed silent. No More. You…