Sunday 17 February 2013


I finished reading a book!

How I hear you say, it took me along time but I did it!! It is one of my goals this year to actually finish things, including reading a book cover to cover. I can hear Adam in the back ground somewhere yahooing cause I have too many projects around not finished, he needs to get over it, but I can see his point. This I will deal with and maybe I should post them, then I have proof I finished something. Anyway…

I have been reading this book by Jeni Decker called “I wish I were engulfed in flames”. It is so funny and pretty spot on when it comes to families and Autism, well this family anyway! I am always able to relate some aspect of our life with others that are living with all the crazy shit that goes on and those magic moments when your kid does something jaw dropping for the first time.

 

Anyways if you get the opportunity it is a great read and it would give you a little insight into a different world lived by many. If you’re already living it, it’s kinda comforting. I know I always find it interesting to know how other families are surviving and getting on with the day to day life.  

I go through fazes where I like to read about Autism and then sometimes it just gets me down. Always though it reminds me that I’m not alone in the world and we aren’t the only ones. There is always someone out there doing it tougher than us. Don’t get me wrong it’s tricky but at the end of the day we are who we are, it is what it is and I’m grateful for what we have!

In the last chapter of the book she has written a quote from “Don’t Mourn for Us” by Jim Sinclair….


“Autism isn’t something a person has, or a “shell” that a person is trapped inside. There’s no normal child hidden behind the Autism. Autism is a way of being. It is pervasive - it colours every experience, every sensation, perception, thought, emotion and encounter, every aspect of existence. It is not possible to separate the autism from the person – and if it were possible, the person you’d have left would not be the same person you started with”.

Love it!!

Our beautiful Madison is who she is and we could not imagine her to be any other way.

 

We definitely don’t want her any other way! We laugh too much and we cry a lot but that’s all the fun and games of any family, right!

 
Steph

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Saturday 16 February 2013



2 Years later

Holey Dooley, I can’t believe it has been 2 years since I started this blog! Mind you only 3 post, how sad is that. I imagine that happens to a lot of people. You think you have time then life gets in the way for most of us.

These past few weeks I have found that I have actually had time to sit down and read some of my favourite blogs and even discover some new ones.

It got me wondering why I’m not writing on my own blog. So I went back to check it out, had to change the password too, cause it had been so long that I had forgot all those important bits. I read through all my posts, all 3 of them, haha, and I liked them, even felt a bit sad that I have missed out on writing. See a lot has happened in the last 2 years and I will have to catch you up on it all.

I love writing, I don’t know why; I really didn’t love school at all!! But being a little bit more grown up now I’m finding it pretty awesome. It’s a way for me to remember things that are going on with us and use it a bit like a diary I guess. Everyone needs to off load some times, right, and this is the perfect way I think.

Someone might find some of the things I write about useful and some might think “oh my god that is totally like us” or they will just wonder what the hell is up with this chic! Most importantly this is a little bit of me time and something for me and only me, this concept I love.

As I write it is a rain day, perfect for me to get started again. I have my little glass of red next to me, so nice. Even have my new glasses on even better to see what I’m writing about!!

 

Jaimee and her friend Michelle have decide it’s a great time to watch horror movies, Ad is home and he likes horror movies so he is in with the girls. Madison is in her room being very quiet which instantly get alarm bell’s ringing in my head. It’s ok though, she is just drawing in one of her story books J. Me, I hate horror movies and am scared just by the sound coming from the lounge room……...

 
Till next time

 

Steph

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