Part 1 In my last update on our autism journey, I wrote about how excited we were to start an estimated 15-20 hours a week of in home ABA therapy. I left the doctor’s office with a long list of therapy options to start researching and calling. It was a bit daunting to look at […]
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An update after seeing a developmental specialist
After several failed titles for this post, I settled on something quite unimaginative. Last week, we went to see a developmental specialist regarding Lucas’ speech delay. It has been almost two months since our pediatrician told us that he was worried about Lucas’ lack of speech (to read all about that day, see this post) […]
Processing the longest day
I smell like vomit and I am too tired to do anything about it. Lucas had his 18 month Well Baby check up with his new pediatrician bright and early this morning. I was a little nervous about being in a new place so I made Dayna map out my trek with me last […]
A dreary day
Well. The day that our family has been dreading for months is finally here. We sent Dayna off to South Carolina at 2:30am this morning. She will be gone for the next two months while she completes drill sergeant school. I don’t think either of us has stopped crying all morning. In fact I made […]
A good day for a baptism.
As a baby, I was baptized then raised in the Lutheran church. I spent Sundays in Sunday school, learning the stories and creating my own narrative of Jesus. Then in later years, I would take my turn as a Sunday school teacher, passing along the stories, and teaching the amazing grace that I had come […]