Tuesday, November 23, 2010. Ok so trying to maintain 2 separate blogs is way over my head esp since SPD is so intertwined in our daily family life. Monday, August 30, 2010.

I remember liking the random basket hanging and feeling like an idiot skipping around that pole holding a ribbon.

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Friday, February 11, 2011. So, I really have no idea what to expect tomorrow. Cooking with a sensory seeker. Mom, can I smell it? Mom, can I feel it? Mom, can I taste it? When .

Saturday, November 26, 2011. Saturday, December 25, 2010.

Thursday, November 4, 2010. And even though these were the words we expected and wanted to hear, it was still a very emotional day. We will continue to do everything we can for him and make sure he gets the best education he deserves. Friday, October 30, 2009. Tuesday, September 1, 2009.

Seeing the Forest Through the Trees. An aerial view puts everything in perspective. Lawton, Oklahoma, United States. Tuesday, December 14, 2010. Is it a boy or a girl? What will we name it? I have visions of chubby fingers and nursing and that little belly and that perfect b.

Love, Hope, and Understanding. Saturday, July 2, 2011. I hear footsteps just above me, but I do not want to follow them, as they are trying to lead me astray. I hear the door slam just beside me. I try to open it, but it seems to be locked. The sink is leaking, the shower is dripping, the paint is peeling, and the screen is torn. I watch the black and white television. Cook in an old, black gas oven. An empty hallway leads to the broken window on a rainy night,.

Stories and pictures of my walks and other adventures. Four years ago, when I went to Ecuador, I spent a few weekends in an indigenous community, where I learned about medicinal plants and where I experienced the celebration of the vernal equinox. I celebrated Mother Earth by walking in nature and by picking up litter and discarding it in trash receptacles. The one down side in the magnif.