So, the last few months have been a bit crazy for us… Between car issues (best not ask), technical issues (apparently when your laptop is hanging on by one hinge for several months, it’s a good idea to get it fixed sooner rather than later, as opposed to whacking a lump of Blu Tack on and
Loading
Recently, I shared a post I wrote last year on ASD Acceptance, which prompted a few conversations with various friends. On foot of those, I figured I could do with giving a wee update. The past year has been a revelation in so many ways. We now have #2 and #5 with a diagnosis of
Read More
775
Our youngest, “complex needs”, ex-micro-preemie daughter started her third year of primary school last week. On the second day back, there was a curriculum talk for the parents, going through all the different bits and pieces they’d be covering this coming academic year. I listened as the teachers went through all the different elements of
Read More721
So, yesterday evening, #5 was sitting on my lap and chatting away about her day. (In school, she “didn’t get on well with the colour green” in the morning, because she had had a dream about a green snake chasing her, but by the afternoon she “got on okay with green again”, after a few
Read More671
A.K.A. What we learned on holiday! Not long ago we returned from our first family holiday; 4 nights in Hafan y Mor holiday park followed by a couple of nights visiting my saintly mother in law in Dublin. It was certainly an experience! Mostly good, thank God, but there were a few hairy moments thrown
Read More665
So. Given my tendency to overshare on social media, I thought I’d give my blog first dibs on this little tidbit…. Not too long ago — months, rather than years, and single figures in terms of how many — I was barely fit to walk to the playground at the back of my daughter’s school
Read More654
So, yesterday was the first day of Autism Acceptance Week. I wasn’t going to post anything on Facebook (except for maybe a meme or two) until something happened yesterday which has prompted me to do otherwise. So, buckle up, it’s a long one today… You may or may not know, but two of our five
Read More610
Earlier in the week, I posted a link on Facebook to a YouTube video of Allegri’s Miserere — I was bemoaning the fact that we’re no longer living in Dublin to hear the wonderful Lassus Scholars sing this in St Kevin’s Harrington Street several times over the course of the week. This is, hands down,
Read More548
So. Best laid plans and all that… Life has a funny way of taking over and blog posts end up half written and then neglected. It has been a fairly crazy ride over the last couple of months — between illness, hospital stays/visits (not immediate family), death, drama, more death, more illness, more hospital stays
Read More533
The Catholic Conspiracy, my original blogging home, ran its course a few years ago. As a result, Five Children & Wit went the way of the dodo… I figured it was time for a reboot. You may or may not agree… 🙂 I thought I had an entire backup but can’t seem to
Read More515
