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I need to be as raw and vulnerable as I can, which is why I’m writing this.

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I’m dating myself when I say this, but remember the old saying, “A leopard doesn’t change its spots”?

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Today was a rough one.

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When people say things like, \"God bless you and Chris\", it creates such a confliction of my heart. It is such a tough thing for me to accept. I know people mean well when they say things like this, but I truly can’t unde...

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We just experienced the suicide of a very young teenage girl in our town a little more than a month ago. When I first heard the news about this 15-year-old taking her life, I pictured someone who was an outcast. I envisi...

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No sooner do I blog about things improving than I feel like things are crashing again. Today is that day.

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It’s been a while since my last blog, so I thought I would give an update on our special little man. Let me start by saying I have seen an AMAZING transformation over these last few months. His receptive language has sky...

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Have you heard of this or maybe even witnessed it? Or perhaps you, yourself, have experienced it personally in your own body?

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Marriage. What is it exactly? Or more importantly how do people define it?

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One of the many problems children and families of autism face is sleep. Many autistic children do not sleep or have severe problems with it.

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I'm sure you've heard phrases like these in the last week:

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Yesterday, September 8, would have marked my baby's arrival into the world 8 years ago.

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These are the sides of ASD that most don't see in our daily lives - nor would I ever DARE to post on social media. Like the poop I found on the floor smashed in and then tracked throughout the bottom half of our house. W...

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Yep so, it's like the baby infancy stage all over again with a laundry list of supplements for our little man (cue the violin for a dramatic effect)!

","url":"https://asymmometry.com/f/exploring-a-new-regimen","title":"Exploring a New Regimen","summary":"Yep so, it's like the baby infancy stage all over again with a laundry list of supplements for our little man (cue the violin for a dramatic effect)!","date_modified":"2025-05-28T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://asymmometry.com/f/life-lessons-learned-with-another-year-of-age","html_content":"

I turned the big forty-eight on May 14! That number didn’t scare me at all. What terrifies me is not accomplishing all that I want to, in the years that I have left.

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The best advice my mother ever gave me as a kid was, \"You may look a certain way and think you have it all together, but something horrible could happen changing your looks and exterior forever.\" She told me, \"It's more ...

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The other day I was working out in the gym when the song \"Jealous\" by Nick Jonas came on. I found myself getting more pumped and working out even harder. My energy increased, and my adrenaline jumped up even more. I also...

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Parents, it is crucial to teach your children about other children different from them! We must do better than this. (If you're not familiar with me or my blog, I am a mother to a nonspeaking, autistic, beautiful, sweet ...

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So much has happened during these last few weeks which didn't give me much time to think, let alone do some blogging.

","url":"https://asymmometry.com/f/slow-and-steady","title":"SLOW AND STEADY","summary":"So much has happened during these last few weeks which didn't give me much time to think, let alone do some blogging. ","date_modified":"2025-03-26T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://asymmometry.com/f/embracing-the-day-finding-light-in-lifes-challenges","html_content":"

Today is one of those days. It's a day when I wake up, feeling exceptionally happy, feeling like I got a good night's sleep. Just then I get hit with the reality of having children and everything that goes along with tha...

","url":"https://asymmometry.com/f/embracing-the-day-finding-light-in-lifes-challenges","title":"Embracing the Day: Finding Light in Life's Challenges","summary":"Today is one of those days. It's a day when I wake up, feeling exceptionally happy, feeling like I got a good night's sleep. Just then I get hit with the reality of having children and everything that goes along with tha...","date_modified":"2025-03-10T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://asymmometry.com/f/who-did-i-vote-for","html_content":"

I read someone's post that said, \"If you stay quiet, then you're part of the problem.\" This was when \"Black Lives Matter\" became a household name in 2020. This particular post was made by someone I consider myself close ...

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My husband and I started a business together back in July. I have to say that it feels really good to put my entrepreneurial hat back on after a few years! Our business actually incorporates both of our experiences of be...

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I choose him.

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This morning was the usual routine for our household.

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Everyone knows this song, right? The one from the legendary, Michael Jackon! And the one whose name I ABSOLUTELY mention every time any one of his songs comes on while riding in the car or listening to Alexa at home beca...

","url":"https://asymmometry.com/f/man-in-the-mirror","title":"Man In The Mirror","summary":"Everyone knows this song, right? The one from the legendary, Michael Jackon! And the one whose name I ABSOLUTELY mention every time any one of his songs comes on while riding in the car or listening to Alexa at home beca...","date_modified":"2024-09-24T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://asymmometry.com/f/don%E2%80%99t-quit%E2%80%A6you%E2%80%99re-all-he-has--","html_content":"

I took my special little guy for his follow-up eye doctor’s appointment. It’s very hard for me to know if he’s struggling with his eyes at all because he doesn’t talk. Every single time I’m there I am super impressed tha...

","url":"https://asymmometry.com/f/don%E2%80%99t-quit%E2%80%A6you%E2%80%99re-all-he-has--","title":"DON’T QUIT…YOU’RE ALL HE HAS!! :-) ","summary":"I took my special little guy for his follow-up eye doctor’s appointment. It’s very hard for me to know if he’s struggling with his eyes at all because he doesn’t talk. Every single time I’m there I am super impressed tha...","date_modified":"2024-09-17T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://asymmometry.com/f/another-faint-line","html_content":"

My body started producing some very odd symptoms three weeks ago. It started with some brownish spotting which then turned to a light pink. After almost three days of this, I decided (because I am now armed with info fro...

","url":"https://asymmometry.com/f/another-faint-line","title":"Another Faint Line","summary":"My body started producing some very odd symptoms three weeks ago. It started with some brownish spotting which then turned to a light pink. After almost three days of this, I decided (because I am now armed with info fro...","date_modified":"2024-09-10T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://asymmometry.com/f/a-new-day","html_content":"

It has been a minute since I’ve blogged!

","url":"https://asymmometry.com/f/a-new-day","title":"A New Day","summary":"It has been a minute since I’ve blogged!","date_modified":"2024-09-05T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://asymmometry.com/f/funny-how-a-memory-sounds-like-a-melody","html_content":"

Every time I hear the Eric Church song on the radio, it completely captivates me. The lyrics ring so true.

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I remember our adoption worker saying these very words to me as she was talking to me about the next steps on our journey to adopt our boys.

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If you've ever wanted to join or even start a book club, you should think about finding or creating one of these ADORABLE little book cubbies in your neighborhood first!

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The nail tech literally sandblasted the bottom of my feet! So much so that the two ladies who were sitting getting their nails done turned around to see what the loud noise was because they had \"never seen that thing bef...

","url":"https://asymmometry.com/f/neglected-feet","title":"Neglected Feet","summary":"The nail tech literally sandblasted the bottom of my feet! So much so that the two ladies who were sitting getting their nails done turned around to see what the loud noise was because they had \"never seen that thing bef...","date_modified":"2024-05-24T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://asymmometry.com/f/why-god","html_content":"

I said to God today, “I think you chose the wrong mother for him.” I literally said those exact words in my garage tonight as I tried to find a place for 1 minute of solitude from my special guy's stimming and the noise ...

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Four weeks of sicknesses in our home and I might quite possibly hide under a rock very soon. I’ve had these moments where I literally look at myself in the mirror and remember the girl and woman I once was and the life t...

","url":"https://asymmometry.com/f/wtf","title":"WTF!","summary":"Four weeks of sicknesses in our home and I might quite possibly hide under a rock very soon. I’ve had these moments where I literally look at myself in the mirror and remember the girl and woman I once was and the life t...","date_modified":"2024-02-21T12:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://asymmometry.com/f/%E2%80%9Cif-youre-not-happy-single-then-you-wont-be-happy-married%E2%80%9D","html_content":"

I have an old friend with this quote on his Facebook page. This made me stop to think about this for a minute while scrolling through one day.

","url":"https://asymmometry.com/f/%E2%80%9Cif-youre-not-happy-single-then-you-wont-be-happy-married%E2%80%9D","title":"“IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY SINGLE, THEN YOU WON'T BE HAPPY MARRIED”","summary":"I have an old friend with this quote on his Facebook page. This made me stop to think about this for a minute while scrolling through one day.","date_modified":"2024-02-02T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://asymmometry.com/f/an-unexpected-conversation-in-a-small-town","html_content":"

With only 5 days left until Christmas I was rushing into the post office today for more stamps to mail these last few cards when I see a mother to one of the little girls my special guy used to be in Pre-K with last year...

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It has been a minute since I’ve blogged!

","url":"https://asymmometry.com/f/mom-with-special-needs","title":"Mom With Special Needs","summary":"It has been a minute since I’ve blogged!","date_modified":"2023-11-13T11:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://asymmometry.com/f/working-moms-always-working","html_content":"

I contacted my son’s GI specialist to try to get some answers on a couple of issues happening with him. I wanted to make this as simple as possible since my question truly stemmed around medication. I sent the message th...

","url":"https://asymmometry.com/f/working-moms-always-working","title":"WORKING MOMS = ALWAYS WORKING","summary":"I contacted my son’s GI specialist to try to get some answers on a couple of issues happening with him. I wanted to make this as simple as possible since my question truly stemmed around medication. I sent the message th...","date_modified":"2023-10-31T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://asymmometry.com/f/an-old-school-reminder","html_content":"

Last week I asked my husband to hook up our old DVD/VCR player in our Family Room. My goal is start doing yoga at home on the days when making the time for the gym just isn’t feasible. Plus, I just so happened to score 5...

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God gives us reality checks every now and then. Well…actually HE probably does this daily but somehow, we miss them – or simply ignore them.

","url":"https://asymmometry.com/f/reality-check","title":"Reality Check","summary":"God gives us reality checks every now and then. Well…actually HE probably does this daily but somehow, we miss them – or simply ignore them.","date_modified":"2023-09-26T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://asymmometry.com/f/special-boy-special-school","html_content":"

Sleeping soundly without waves of anxiety washing over me, keeping me awake night after night is a novelty these days.

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Tonight, was a big deal! My special boy allowed me to floss his teeth before bed!

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I can honestly say this is the absolute worst thing about motherhood so far! Amen? I cannot understand how I can show my child the toilet, reward him with M&M’s every time he goes (3 for Pee and 6 for Poop) and yet here ...

","url":"https://asymmometry.com/f/potty-training-sucks","title":"Potty Training Sucks","summary":"I can honestly say this is the absolute worst thing about motherhood so far! Amen? I cannot understand how I can show my child the toilet, reward him with M&M’s every time he goes (3 for Pee and 6 for Poop) and yet here ...","date_modified":"2023-08-13T10:00:00Z"}]}