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Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer."
(Romans 12:12, NIV)" [...]
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It's me again, wanting to know your innermost thoughts. 
I've mentioned that it's been a rough week. It's still raw, but if I wait to summarize it will lack the true grit that I highly esteem.
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Yubo called me this morning! We have a most peculiar admiration society.
Sharing our stories can be a healing balm.
My favorite-movie-of-all-time is Lost in America. Albert Brooks' cracks me up as he whines, "I can't believe it, I've lost a whole woman. How can that be?" After a fight, his wife has hitched a ride with a redneck stranger to get away from the Hoover' [...] 
Top 10 Most Exciting Places I've Lost(and thankfully found) Reid
Life holds many ironies. Here's the latest I've noticed in our life. 
Allie is a good girl, really she is. Doesn't miss a trick. And she tells me everything!
Top 10 Ways to Engage with a Teenager(ASD or not)
When I was a new mom I often imagined being watched. The adoption process requires jumping through a lot of hoops, proving you're worthy, and otherwise impressing everyone from lawyers, to pregnant teens, to county employees with your perfect parent potential. Not necessarily a foolproof system;' [...] 
I chuckled empathetically to see how precious Rhema looks, at 4, climbing into (or out of) this washing machine. Flooding my mind's eye are tight spots Reid has sought and found over his lifespan. From the recyling bin on the windowsill of our cellar stairs in' [...] 
I am not very athletic. I am however, competitive.
Oh, how I hate Halloween.
The first family I pictured when we learned Reid had autism was the Hooker's. They sat right in front of us (in practically assigned seating) at church every Sunday. At the time, they were the only ones I knew who had a child with a' [...] 
House guests and guest posts go together like ice and coffee this time of year.
I never thought anything would trump autism in terms of the orbit of helplessness and wearying stress it can launch. I was wrong.
There are mini-miracles and there are mini-meltdowns. My preference for the former, does not exempt me from the latter. As much as I know and profess that "His mercies are new every morning," "He has a plan for good," and "works all things together for" [...] 
"Erasing Autism," is the title of the article in Newsweek. The illustration jars my spirit. It would be wrong to cut Reid out of our family portrait. The ultimate exclusion. Equally wrong to eliminate him from the church body or society at large. Kudos to [...] 
What did you do for Mother's Day? When Jim asked me how I wanted to celebrate the day, I took it as a round tuit to do something I've been meaning to experience for awhile: Open Mic Night at the nearby E Street Cafe. [...] 
Some will recall my saga of perpetually lost and found library privileges. Netflix recently revoked our privileges too...or shall I say, "put our account on hold?" Stifled by the stagnation of red envelopes to our mailbox, I called to inquire "pourquoi?" The agent informed me [...] 
Today's New York Times has an honest, positive, and well-rounded article by Annie Lubliner Lehmann whose book, The Accidental Teacher: Life Lessons form My Silent Son, we will all have to read.
The pack's all back! Even Benny our faithful mutt has a grin on his face. It just feels right to have Jim home after a 2 week absence. As we finished our GF waffles this morning, he and I got sucked into Facebook catching up on' [...]
Ten months ago I almost wrote a post (at the suggestion of a puffed up psychiatrist in a fallen economy) portraying Reid as the poster child for the benefits of 
