I’m great at drawing stick figures. Round circle for the head, stick arms with stick fingers and stick legs with stick feet; that’s the extent of my drawing abilities. Oh, I can draw a sun and a tree with flowers and maybe a stick bird but the drawing still looks like a kindergarten picture ready to be hung on the fridge. When our kids were twelve and ten, we took a trip to Washington DC where we visited the Smithsonian museums. We walked (for miles) through the American Art Museum and the National ...
As a mom of 2 autistic children, I am often amazed at the lack of understanding and sometimes fear and negativity that people show towards them. My kids are oten labeled as undisciplined bratts who have parents that need parenting classes. No they are not undisciplined they have sensory disorders amongst other things and are in many ways toddlers not potty trained and we are still working on sippi cup weaning that has been a nightmare in it's self for my daughter anyway. ...
I got up at my usual time, early, to start another hectic day. I ran out to the kitchen to start coffee, breakfast and make lunches. Back to the bedroom to do a few exercises and started to gather my work clothes. Our walk in closet was back in the bathroom area of the master bedroom, somewhat like a dressing area. I thought I heard a commotion; I stopped what I was doing and listened. Sure enough it was our lab, Muggsy barking. I opened the back door to see who, what, where and why he was barking. ...
I have given away a lot over the course of my life. My dignity and self respect. My pride. My sense of self and my sense of others. I said goodbye to my health, my financial status and several jobs. I have turned loose of faith and let go of self worth. I love lost valuable and hard won ground in the relationships I had spent years building. I almost gave away my marriage, my opportunity to spend time with my children and the precious gifts that have come to me in the form of God's most special ...
God pursues us. It’s amazing, really, to think of all the ways His love reaches out to bring light into our darkness. Sometimes it’s the little things that speak most loudly to me…these days, I’m reminded of Him every time I step through my front door. Birds –cardinals, blue-jays, and other darlings that I don’t know by name –are everywhere in my front and back yard these days…and with every flutter ...
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