I wrote my first blog post on May 9th, 2015. It was a letter to my son Jack on his eighth birthday. Since then, I have written every single Monday – nearly 500 new essays. Many of you have been reading about our journey for over a decade – the highs and lows of autism, […]
I have a closet in my heart. Do you know what that is? It’s a little storage area beneath your ribcage. You don’t choose what goes in there. The heart decides what to hold on to and what to let go. When we were kids, my mother made hot fudge sundaes if we had a […]
It’s late. Joe turns over beside me in bed. He mumbles something in his sleep. I envy his rest. My mind wanders, as it seems to every night at this time. I think of my son Jack. I feel an ache that is too familiar to describe. Autism grief is something that never quite disappears. […]