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Let’s All Be Chickens For a Day
Today, I took my two kids to play at the park. Despite having autism, my five year old Hudson is incredibly social and absolutely loves to play with the kids,most of the time. I think it would be fair to say that he is just as happy playing WITH other kids as much as he is playing alongside other kids. He usually starts out playing and then gets distracted by the simplicity of the playground. A screw holding two pieces of playground equipment together, a piece of bark on a…
Read MoreOnce There Was a Mother
Once upon a time, there was a mother. She was a pretty good mother—not great, because sometimes she yelled about things that mean nothing but in the moment meant everything, like dishes in the sink and empty shampoo bottles on the floor. Then she sang songs from Hamilton at the top of her voice. This mother had five kids, all in a row. Like steps on a staircase, they stood together around the Christmas tree, and among chocolate Easter bunnies, and at the end of the driveway waiting for the…
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