Freak Parade

So we think The Girl may have chicken pox. A very mild case, but still enough to send her brother off the deep end. Any hint of illness at our house just freaks him the hell out. I considered not even mentioning it to him, but I needed to deposit her somewhere today while […]

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The Boy has been trying a lot lately to work out an understanding of what it means to be “cool.” On the one hand, because of his Asperger’s, this is a good thing. The fact that he realizes that others will form an opinion about him, and that he cares (sometimes) what that opinion […]

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Many people have a negative impression of homeschooling overall. I get that. I hear about it. I experience it. Whether it be negative or positive, people usually have an idea in their heads of what kids that are homeschooled are like. The images are either the socially backwards, maybe a little weird kids or the […]

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Some things I wanted to clear up about this post….

I, personally, do not believe that Jenny McCarthy is exploiting her son’s autism to promote her book. I truly believe she feels she is raising awareness. (Although, it is not very hard for me to see why many people do think that.)
I do not believe Ms. […]

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Lately, I have had several people ask me my thoughts on the whole Jenny McCarthy/Autism thing. To be honest, I had no idea her son even was autistic until it began being plastered all over People magazine and the Oprah Winfrey show. Rather than continue on in my clueless shrugging, I decided to look […]

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So blogging has brought me into contact with all sorts of genuinely good and awesome people. In my writing about The Boy, I have been buoyed up by the kind and encouraging comments of people I have never met. So what I want to know is…where the hell are all you people in real life? […]

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We have all seen the commercials. The ones in which some attorney or law firm is rambling off things that may entitle you to sue. Ever get a paper cut from unwanted junk mail? You, too, could be entitled to monetary compensation. Poke yourself in the ear drum with a faulty q-tip? Let us help […]

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You should read this.

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Allow me, for a minute, to rant from atop my soapbox….
A boy named Evan O’Dorney won the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee. He is 13 years old and homeschooled. Videos of Evan’s post-win interviews are popping up on the internet with some wonderful captions like “Evan O’Dorney - The Nerdiest Kid Ever”. Basically, he did […]

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May 16, 2007 - 9 years old. I am marking this date. Today is the day I heard the words “I love you,” from The Boy for the first time - ever. Yes, ever. It seems a bit late to be writing such a thing in a baby book - I don’t recall a space […]

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