The back story Writing Dreams This Dream Does Not Tarry Writing – Froms Dreams to Reality . On the last day of school before the holiday break I carried in small gifts for the many teachers who give to Rhema (and to our family) day after day, year after year. Every year I bring in [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Rhema’s gift
Posted in Uncategorized on December 27, 2011 | 34 Comments »
About the tree
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged autism, Christmas, Christmas tree, progress on December 21, 2011 | 20 Comments »
In the early years we couldn’t keep her away from Christmas trees. She was attracted by the lights and the star and the ornaments… and the response she got when she shattered them. Wherever we went – friends’ homes, the doctor’s office, the mall – we would have to stand guard in front of the tree, lest it come [...]
I Belong to You
Posted in Uncategorized on December 19, 2011 | 34 Comments »
“Could we with ink the ocean fill And were the skies of parchment made Were every stalk on earth a quill And every man a scribe by trade To write the love of God above Would drain the ocean dry Nor could the scroll contain the whole Though stretched from sky to sky” ~The Love [...]
Extravangant Christmas
Posted in Ordinary Miracles on December 16, 2011 | 12 Comments »
One of the perfect themes of Christmas is giving. The Son of God came down to give life, peace, and joy to all who accept His gift. All around, this season, we have opportunities to give and share with others. I will never forget how my friend Jess and her family and so many others gave and gave [...]
Hug machine
Posted in Uncategorized on December 14, 2011 | 13 Comments »
While some people plan their dream homes, I dream about my OT room. A huge room filled with sensory toys, bean bags, tactile mats, slides, swings, monkey bars, a hammock and a trampoline and a rock wall and a ball pit. For my girl. Yeah. But the first thing I’d put in that room would be [...]
Chicken nugget love
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged autism, Hope, rhema, sisters on December 9, 2011 | 22 Comments »
“Help one another, is part of the religion of sisterhood.” ~Louisa May Alcott . I often write about how Hope is good sister to Rhema. I’ve shared stories about the things she has already sacrificed in her short life because of her sister’s autism. Rarely do I highlight the ways Rhema is a blessing to Hope. [...]
Bull in a pottery shop (alternately titled: When autism crashes the party)
Posted in Hope, tagged autism, birthday, party, siblings, sisters on December 8, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Hope had a girly girl birthday party with a small group of friends at a pottery studio. Shelves of bisqueware reaching to the ceiling, glass cases of handmade ceramic art for sale, a wet clay room, paints and glazes out on tables with serious artists at work, the kiln… As soon as we walked in [...]
Hope-full
Posted in Hope on December 5, 2011 | 28 Comments »
I begged her not to do it. But she did it anyway. She turned FIVE today. I know time flies and kids turn five every day. But my baby. My baby. She loves for me to tell her the story of how she came to us. She gets a kick out of the fact that [...]
