Anonymous – [uh-non-uh-muhs] – adjective 1. without any name acknowledged 2. of unknown name, whose name is withheld The teachers at Rhema’s after-school therapy center have some new plans for Rhema. One of the goals is to teach her to identify and name her family members. Her teacher asked me to bring in pictures [...]
Archive for September, 2009
My name
Posted in Uncategorized on September 30, 2009 | 31 Comments »
One month
Posted in Uncategorized on September 28, 2009 | 24 Comments »
… of a deployment down, many more to go. Some things that I have learned: Smoke detectors that go off in the middle of the night take a 9-volt battery I can eat a whole bag of candy corns in a day The toilet truly is a technological marvel Rhema knows far more [...]
Diary of an Escape Artist
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged autism, escape, escape artist on September 24, 2009 | 25 Comments »
Hi all, Long time no talk. (Haha!) Since the Great Escape in July (you know, the one where the police were called and a nice lady discovered me in her playroom), the ‘rents have put a major cramp in my style. New locks on the gates, an ID bracelet… there are rumors of a tracking device [...]
Apparently, we’re broke
Posted in Uncategorized on September 22, 2009 | 33 Comments »
The other day Hope and I went to an indoor play area where there were lots of 25 cent rides. O.k. o.k, it was Chuck E. Cheese. Someone all but dared me to go back. (That someone happens to be 2.5-years old). We used up all our tokens quickly, and then it was time to [...]
Waiting For Rhema
Posted in Uncategorized on September 14, 2009 | 23 Comments »
A couple months ago, Rhema’s school bus route changed. Her hour-long bus ride got even longer. There was no way she’d make her after-school therapy sessions on time. The decision was made to have the bus take her directly to therapy after school. I do not like the new schedule. She’s at school all day [...]
Another really good gift
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged autism, deployment, iraq, military on September 10, 2009 | 23 Comments »
I got good news. But first… the husband recently sent me something he wrote just before he left on his deployment. Interestingly, I could not, would not write details about his departure… (almost too painful, too personal for words)… but *he* did, and now I want to share it: Aug 09 Why Weep? I cannot seem to [...]
Good Gifts
Posted in Uncategorized on September 8, 2009 | 18 Comments »
The past couple weeks have been a busy blur. And this is a sloppy post. I just felt like documenting some of the many ways people have blessed our lives since Brandon’s departure. Not a day goes by that someone doesn’t call, e-mail or show up on my doorstep offering to help. The funny thing [...]
The Toilet Runneth Over
Posted in Uncategorized on September 6, 2009 | 14 Comments »
If you read this, Mom, sorry again for the unladylikeness of this post. Brace yourselves. I have another bathroom adventure to share. The main toilet in the downstairs bathroom had been running all day. It’s an OOOOLLLLDDDD toilet with a European-style “push button” flusher. (Honestly, this little old toilet was one of the main things [...]
Her Cup Runneth Over
Posted in Waste Material on September 1, 2009 | 29 Comments »
If you read this, Mom, sorry for the un-ladylikeness of this post. Rhema has this thing that she does with an open cup of juice or milk. If she’s really thirsty, she’ll carefully take a few sips. And then all of a sudden, she’ll bolt from the table, run for the bathroom as if [...]
