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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 More315(Originally posted on TCC in January 2019…) Naomi has had a feeding tube since she was 13 months old. Reactions have been mixed… Some people are too afraid to ask questions but are itching to know more, and some people have meant well but come across as rude and unhelpful. When it comes
(Originally posted on TCC in September 2018…) I’ve posted before about our youngest daughter, Naomi. Born prematurely at 26 weeks, she had a very rough start. Between underdeveloped lungs and a massive bleed on both sides of her brain, we were told to expect the worst. On day one, we were told it was
(Originally posted on TCC in June 2018…) On this, the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, I am finding myself reflecting on one of the most influential women in my life and the legacy that she left behind. My Granny Marie was a wonderful woman. With a gazillion children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, she was a matriarch
(Originally posted on TCC in June 2018…) Yesterday morning turned out to be a bit of a washout around here, which meant that we had to load up the whole posse and head to evening Mass up in Belfast. We had a lovely visit with the grandparents beforehand and stopped off in Boojum for something
