I have found that I have a new passion in my life and that is reading. My life is always stressful and crazy busy with the twins and I have found picking up a book helps me escape from all that craziness. I can just get lost in a book for hours and am so happy reading about the trials of some fictional character. I cry, I laugh, and I smile. What a wonderful thing that books are doing for me.
I titled this Christmas because for Christmas my husband got me a Sony E-Reader. This is a device that you can download ebooks on to and read from there. The nice thing about this for me is that my little boys like to rip my books apart that I buy and take them all off the shelf every day. So this is so nice to have the capability to store hundreds of books and not have them destroy them. Lets just pray that Connor does not throw it in the toilet like he has done with some of my other devices! Oh the joys of being a mother of an autistic child!
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
update on me
So I guess I have not been on here in awhile so I thought it was time to write. My friend Ciarra reminded me I had one of these accounts. Life has been rewarding and dissapointing for me lately.
I made huge steps about a month ago in getting the county to create a database for special needs kids so when they are called to the scene maybe the outcome will be a little bit better for those involved. There are to many horror stories of people getting shot because they did not understand what they were dealing with. So maybe I might have saved someone's life you never know.
On the flip side of things I have found out that my boys are not getting all that they are supposed to be getting through the school system and this concerns me greatly. My son Connor is for the most part non-verbal and to find out that he is not getting all his speech minutes saddens me. His number one goal in school should be improving his communication skills and without his speech therapy this is not possible. So I am considering now paying for extra services outside of school so my boys get all that they need.
I at least feel like I finally have a home in Bloomington now though. I have finally made great friends that I feel I can share with and that care about me. After I got out of college all of my friends left and then I was still here because of work and an ex boyfriend. I finally am happy about living in this town. I feel it is a safe place for my kids to grow up and I know that even though I am mad at the school system there are so many other places in town that can help my kids. I have found many of these places through the Autism Society of McLean County. I spend most of my free time helping that organization because it will only in turn help my kids and me as a parent.
Maybe I will start blogging more frequently again. It does help to write out my thoughts every once in awhile. So until next time.
I made huge steps about a month ago in getting the county to create a database for special needs kids so when they are called to the scene maybe the outcome will be a little bit better for those involved. There are to many horror stories of people getting shot because they did not understand what they were dealing with. So maybe I might have saved someone's life you never know.
On the flip side of things I have found out that my boys are not getting all that they are supposed to be getting through the school system and this concerns me greatly. My son Connor is for the most part non-verbal and to find out that he is not getting all his speech minutes saddens me. His number one goal in school should be improving his communication skills and without his speech therapy this is not possible. So I am considering now paying for extra services outside of school so my boys get all that they need.
I at least feel like I finally have a home in Bloomington now though. I have finally made great friends that I feel I can share with and that care about me. After I got out of college all of my friends left and then I was still here because of work and an ex boyfriend. I finally am happy about living in this town. I feel it is a safe place for my kids to grow up and I know that even though I am mad at the school system there are so many other places in town that can help my kids. I have found many of these places through the Autism Society of McLean County. I spend most of my free time helping that organization because it will only in turn help my kids and me as a parent.
Maybe I will start blogging more frequently again. It does help to write out my thoughts every once in awhile. So until next time.
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