Dear friends, I must lay down my “electronic pen” for a while. This blog is important to me, but there are other things far more important. I have always been insecure about my writing, but alas, I love it. Writing is my way of making sense of life. At least for now if I find [...]
Archive for March, 2010
On Pause
Posted in Uncategorized on March 22, 2010 | 47 Comments »
Missing
Posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2010 | 14 Comments »
When I picked up Hope from the waiting area at school today, she glanced at me across the room, raised her arms as she usually does and ran toward me. “Daddddyyyyyy!!!!!!!” she screamed. She’s an extremely imaginative girl, and almost daily Hope assigns me a character – be it Orange Blossom, the Grumpy Old Troll, [...]
Provision
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged autism, siblings, sisters on March 12, 2010 | 30 Comments »
(Sigh). Another broken flower pot. Seems like everything in this house is broken. I take my eyes off her for a second and something else falls apart. I’ve noticed that I am less patient, easily frustrated. I am short with her; her name a loud groan on my lips, “Rhema!” It’s happening more and more. [...]
Autism at Church, Part 2
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged autism, church, religion, special needs on March 8, 2010 | 21 Comments »
“In God’s economy, the weak, the marginalized, the disenfranchised, the overlooked, the voiceless, the vulnerable, the sick, the oppressed, the grieving, the bullied, the exhausted, and those at the end of their rope are the ones who get into the VIP section. They are the ones who gain the attention and compassion of the God [...]
Autism at Church, Part 1
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged autism, church, special needs on March 4, 2010 | 30 Comments »
Not less than a year ago, we were sitting in church having a hard time keeping Rhema quiet and still. I knew we only had about 15 minutes before the children would be dismissed from the service for Children’s Worship – and I would accompany Rhema – but it might as well have been fifteen [...]
