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Friday, January 24, 2014

Autism Mom Copes Post~

Good morning friends, Happy Friday.

You know occasionally I interrupt my crafting wonders (lol) for a

REAL LIFE post- or Autism post.

I think this photo says it all- it encompasses every person his age he meets-

he melts down very loudly and the other child looks at him like...

what the hell man? LOL It's pretty cute because this little boy is

very sweet with Gage- but we all feel this way at times when he is screaming.

As some of you know we STILL cannot get the school to acknowledge

my son's Autism or give us any assistance in any way because his grades

are very good. He came home with honor roll again.

It's funny that they admit he has dexterity issues and clearly social

issues but since he has good grades they are not responsible to give

any assistance. So now I let him fail- or we go on with no help.

I find neither a viable option. I really despise TN schools right now.

So the fight and struggle, frustration, and despair continues.

On the bright side we went to Ohio to visit friends and had a day of

sledding which I expected to be mayhem of meltdowns, but I was

surprised with only 2 slight meltdowns.

I think the sledding was freeing for him and he loved flying down the hill.

I so love this boy! LOVE!

He has always loved swinging and I think sledding gave him great peace.

I also think being around friends who don't judge and accept him 100%

makes it so much easier. It was a wonderful trip.

Here he is with a strange dog names Biscuit- this was one of his meltdowns

the dog acted like he was giving him the led but in fact ran off with it! LOL

My little man did not find this nearly as amusing as we did on the hill above.

So two things caught me this week and I mean CAUGHT ME!

This is the first- before we had a diagnosis of Autism I admit I allowed

people to say things about my son and "tolerate" him. They would say

"well I would have him over but he cries" or "I would like to have him around

but it's just too hard". OR "I will take your other kids I just can't handle him".

What I have realized is- the ONLY people who should be in our family

or friend circle are those willing to take the extra moment to see how incredible

my AUTISTIC son is. And if we have no one but our family left

then so be it, because if you cannot LOVE a child with special needs,

then your a giant dick anyways!

And we are so very blessed with people who go out

of their way to love my son and they see how amazing he is.

So I know those people exist. Unfortunately that means the others

just have to go find their perfect friends and love them, because

clearly we are not good enough for them.

The second thing I noticed was this.

Guess what? ALL my children always have been and always will be a blessing

so NO my son is not giving me a hard time, he is coping the best way

he can. He is not some malicious child out to do harm, he is overwhelmed,

over stimulated, and has so much pain and so many sensory issues

going on that it's like a torture chamber.

So get up and help me or get over it and walk away- because I love this

kid and I am protecting him NOT spoiling him.

Yea, I am a little rough today but it's been a long week and momma

feels it all too, it just goes into her heart and sits there while she's

dealing with everything else going on! :)

Muah! Love ya thanks for stopping by and listening to my Autism Life!!

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Secret Recipes- Special Family Project

Hey there,

So I have a little story today if y'all will bear with me.

Most of you who follow along with my blog- well you know I add in

alot of my life and 100% of my heart always.

And if you know me you know a huge part of my life is cooking

for my 3 boys and hubby. I may not be perfect or thin but I try

to make sure we have natural foods and home cooked meals most

of the time. It is very important to me, and I definitely share my love

through my food. I am often told I am like an old Italian grandmother

minus the grandma part- but you will always find food in my kitchen.

So when I came across this Farmhouse kit from Creating Made Easy

and saw all the recipe cards from Farmhouse in it, I knew I wanted to

make a "Secret Recipe" book for my boys.

Now since I have 3 boys and NO girls, I knew I wanted it to be beautiful

but not all flowery and glittery, I just wanted it to be from the heart.

The Clear Scraps Recipe Stand Album was perfect and I was happy to make it.

Here is how I created this album:

To create acrylic cover: Trim out patterned paper to 4X6.
Punch off borders using Martha Stewart Border punch.
Run page through Xyron® 5" Creative Station™ w/ 5” Creative Station Permanent Refill.
Adhere to album cover page.
Run the album chipboard pages through Xyron® 5" Creative Station™ w/ 5” Creative Station Permanent Refill.
Cover with paper. (no muss no fuss!)
Trim off excess.
Flip chipboard page over and repeat.

For acrylic pages: Take recipe cards- run though Xyron® 5" Creative Station™ w/ 5” Creative Station Permanent Refill, adhere to acrylic pages (make sure to turn pages the right way I ruined 4 placing them upside down on the acrylic!)