So recently I posted about my daughter fracturing her arm at school. Three days later she came home with knees that looked like she had attacked them with a cheese grater. I asked her what happened and she shrugged and through a mixture of words and the medium of dance explained that she had beenContinue reading “That escalated quickly”
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That escalated quickly
So recently I posted about my daughter fracturing her arm at school. Three days later she came home with knees that looked like she had attacked them with a cheese grater. I asked her what happened and she shrugged and through a mixture of words and the medium of dance explained that she had beenContinue reading “That escalated quickly”
There’s always something
So it seems I jinxed us with the last post. Seriously, I don’t know what I was thinking by stating that “everything’s going well” – obviously karma would strike me down with wrath. In this case, my poor little fae daughter fell during a PE lesson and fractured her arm. So, three weeks in aContinue reading “There’s always something”
The magic formula
For years… in fact, for over a decade, even before my fae was born, my husband and I have had a long running joke that “life will have to settle down soon right?”. It started with us moving in together, and then both finding gainful employment on the same side of the Atlantic. We thenContinue reading “The magic formula”
I don’t believe in reincarnation but…
I don’t believe in reincarnation. Or, at least, I didn’t, but my fae is making me question things. I firmly believe she has had other lives. In one, I think she must have been a collie. She will round up people and herd them together, whether they want to be herded or not. On occasionsContinue reading “I don’t believe in reincarnation but…”
The balance between excited and exhausted
Our fae has more energy than your average 6 year old. I know that all parents say that. But when the teachers at the special school she attends; the disabilities social workers; and parents of other neuro-spicy children all look at her and, on first meeting, say in a slightly high pitched and worried toneContinue reading “The balance between excited and exhausted”
Rules are rules for everyone
Rules are rules for everyone. Our fae recently put her grandmother in ‘timeout’ for ‘17’. 17 what I’m not too sure. I assumed 17 seconds. At least, that’s what I told her when I finished laughing. I have mentioned (I think) in the past how our daughter likes to care for everyone. She mimics howContinue reading “Rules are rules for everyone”
Ostrich Time
I haven’t gone mad. Well.. I think I haven’t, but I have begun to wonder about the rest of my family. For reasons that now escape me, there was a time that I desperately needed my fae distracted. To this end, my husband came into the playroom and told her in a matter of factContinue reading “Ostrich Time”
Finding our village
This week is our daughter’s birthday. I always find myself reflecting at this time of year over the struggles we have faced since her diagnosis and what progress we have made. This year there have been some striking differences that have made significant improvements to the lives of all of us. Our fae made someContinue reading “Finding our village”
Oh Routine how I miss thee
It’s the first day back at school for my fae today. Routine is being re-established after the school breaks. Oh, how I have missed the routine! I mean, my daughter has as well, but I think out of the two of us, I was the one jumping for joy the highest this morning. But itContinue reading “Oh Routine how I miss thee”
Raising the Modern Fae 