Poor Jerry. I bet he didn’t know what kind of a ruckus he’d be causing when he guessed that he might fall “somewhere on the spectrum” due to his difficulty in social situations. Once again a bunch of parents in pain had to rise up and remind us all that, according to (ahem) them (authorities that […]
Sheep are so cute and, well, wooly. There is nothing cuter than a little lamb, especially one frolicking through a field of flowers! I love the references in Scripture that remind us that we are like sheep who need a shepherd, because we are. Haven’t you ever noticed the way we immediately look to someone […]
There is a mama duck nesting in our back yard and I love her in a way that might seem odd to some. She scouted around for a place to nest and she chose our yard! Being nature lovers, we felt a little like we won some kind of a lottery. We now have a front […]
Words are important. You can say the same thing two ways and elicit two very different reactions. I’m autistic. I have autism. I’m a person with autism. Some would say that these sentences mean different things; some would spend hours discussing which sentence should be used if one happened to find oneself diagnosed with the […]
Once upon a time I had a blog called In the Kiln. I think when I began it I was processing the fiery feeling of mothering children with special needs. They were needy. It was hard. At times it felt hellish, like I was burning up in a kiln. As a Christian it felt like […]
My middle name is Joy. 