“Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.”
~ Dr. Seuss
Archive for January, 2012
obsolete children
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged C.S. Lewis, Dr. Martin Luther King, Dr. Seuss, Henry James, Jr., Mark Twain, quotes on January 31, 2012 | 1 Comment »
not possible
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged happiness on January 31, 2012 | 1 Comment »
“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.”
jonah, jealousy, & hearing anne empie sing again
Posted in Anderson School, autism, behavior, placement, singing, singing, The Anderson School for Autism, Uncategorized, tagged Anne Empie, jealousy, Ned B. Fleischer, Shaker High School on January 29, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Memories flew into my head slowly, unsure at first of names and faces. I put on the bravest face I could and approached as many people as I knew (and a few I didn’t), trying to appear normal and fine. Luckily crying didn’t seem out of place here – and when I approached Anne after her songs, and we saw one another face to face, we sobbed and hugged like best friends. For me her voice carries more than music, and I hear what it carries, and I understand it. I think as we grow older we all come to understand it.
gus, the two-day texan
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Arizona, Guardian Gus, San Antonio, ScareMeNots, TX on January 29, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I just returned from some standardized-test writing training in San Antonio, TX. I brought a small Guardian Gus to give away, but first we had a photo shoot (and yes, people were staring at the full-grown woman taking pictures of her stuffed animal friend)…
fearless fred & jonah russ
Posted in Anderson School, autism, behavior, grandma, hospital, snow day, The Anderson School for Autism, Uncategorized, tagged Anderson Center for Autism, Fearless Fred, flash mob, Guster, Scare-Me-Nots, snow, there's always tomorrow on January 21, 2012 | 1 Comment »
We survived the storm and visited with Jonah. I brought Fearless Fred, one of my Scare-Me-Nots, down with me. He wanted to serve and protect us on our slippery way – I imagine because he’s not afraid of anything; he really is aptlly named.
little monsters
Posted in Anderson School, autism, Uncategorized, tagged Fearless Fred, Scare-Me-Nots on January 11, 2012 | 2 Comments »
There are two Scare-Me-Nots at Jonah’s house, and they’re never in the toy-box. They know their duty and understand they must be vigilant at all times. One of Jonah’s housemates adores Fearless Fred (the red one, saluting) and is clutching it every time I visit. So I adopted nine good little monsters and had to send one not-so-good ‘little monster’ away.
life as a scare-me-not mommy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Jim Gaffigan, Scare-Me-Nots on January 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
But Saturday night M and I got to see Jim Gaffigan, who was so funny I cried laughing the whole time and my stomach hurt afterwards. I went through a whole pack of mini tissues what with gasping for air and wiping my eyes. It was awesome. I needed it. Thanks, Jim.
zoom focus: the scare-me-nots
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Albany, Capital District Parent Pages, Carl Restifo, faceboook, NY, Scare-Me-Not, zoom focus on January 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Even grown-ups have monsters to fear, and Defender Dave helps keeps mine at bay. More importantly, he restores my faith in humanity. Every time I see him, I’m proud that our own little corner of the world has such imaginative, generous people like his creator in it.
postcards to jonah
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged letters, postcards on January 6, 2012 | 5 Comments »
I decided to start sending postcards and letters to my boy. I ask the caregivers to read them to him. Today’s is a postcard with a red train on the front.
circle pepperoni
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Albany, NY, pepperoni, the egg on January 5, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I wanted to post pictures tonight but I can’t find my connector wire between the camera and the laptop. I hope it’s at work. Jonah was cute last weekend when my mom and I went down to visit him. My mom had bought a little package of pre-sliced pepperoni. ( She told me it was organic pepperoni , which sounded like an oxymoron to me).
