Before I had my fourth child, I have to admit that I laughed when I heard people setting up playdates. Play date? Play what? Really?
To me, playing with other kids was a normal childhood activity, something that happened without schedule, without planning, forethought or real effort. With child number 1, 2, and 3, I didn’t [...]
Entries from January 2009
January 9, 2009
Mighty Ducks Autism Awareness Night
A couple of days ago, I heard about an opportunity to get tickets, courtesy of Autism Speaks, for tonight’s Anaheim Ducks game. I immediately emailed, and quickly heard back from the AS representative in charge. Ds and my husband were on the list. Score!
See, this is a big deal. This is ds’s first hockey game. [...]
January 8, 2009
A Rockin’ and A Rollin’
We have a little game we play here. We call it “Guess the Earthquake Magnitude.” See, I’m deathly afraid of earthquakes, and I live in Southern California.
I don’t scare easily, but there’s nothing like your house shaking side to side, things falling down, and the rolling thunder sound…accompanied by every dog in the vicinity barking. [...]
January 6, 2009
Placing Blame
Over the past few days, since a prominent actor’s son died, presumably from a seizure, I’ve seen the story everywhere. I see it on the numerous autism/seizure lists I belong to. I see it on the news, on talk shows, in emails, and on message boards, blogs, newspapers, you name it. In all of them, [...]
