April is autism awareness month.  Personally, I find it to be a giant marketing tool.  Slap a blue ribbon, a blue light, or a blue puzzle piece on something and BAM!  Awareness! A friend of mine, who is a breast cancer survivor, commented that she felt the same way, because “nothing says ‘support breast cancer […]

Dear little Thumper, Today is quite possibly the most important day of your three years of life (after your actual birth day, of course). Today is not only your third birthday, but it is your very first day of school ever! Today, I will take you to preschool, and so begins the course of the […]

I still can’t believe that Monday is Thumper’s birthday. It was three years ago…. Why does time feel like it’s dragging by within the moment, but then you blink and years have passed?

Dear Rerun, Happy birthday!!!  You have been counting down toward this day for the last two weeks, and it has finally arrived, after much angst, not-so-patient waiting, and impatiently asking “is it my birthday YET???” The day has finally come, and now you are six. While you still have a long way to go, you […]