trials

The Dog and Pony Show

We’ve finally gotten a final diagnosis of Autism for our son.  For those of you who don’t know what that entails, it’s a three hour set of tests designed to see where the little guy stands in certain levels of development and personal interaction.  It’s grueling for the parent and in the case of my [...]

Just five minutes… Please!

five minutes in sequence.  That’s all I’m asking for.  In that time I could fill you in on some of the things that have been going on with Lil’ B.  In that time I could start writing several of the articles I’ve got jotted down on notepads next to my keyboard. If I only had [...]

Sleepless nights

Our hero seems to have decided that sleeping during the nighttime hours is not to his liking.  As one would expect, these forays into the wee hours of morning are taking their toll on everyone, including our young hero himself.  His mother and I are at wits’ end trying to figure out how to get [...]

In which our hero falls victim to scheduling issues

It’s been a  very busy few days.  Our hero fell victim to that thing most adults know as “life” on Friday, when his therapist failed to make the scheduled appointment.  While annoying, this is no great cause for alarm to me.  I simply wait 30 minutes and then assume that there is a no-show. (A [...]

The officially bad day

Today is a bad day.  it’s only 9:00am and it’s already official.  It’s not going to be fun around here today.  Lil’ B. is into everything that he should not be.  when he’s not doing that, he’s throwing a fit about one thing or another.  Basically, if he can find a way to be in [...]