tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8508619860116485212.post6006473281506718977..comments2023-10-22T04:57:57.528-04:00Comments on HERD...: Small time big changekathleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648854807234137885noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8508619860116485212.post-19071595109509438102009-08-10T15:13:38.412-04:002009-08-10T15:13:38.412-04:00Maddy, I so know how you feel-Sammy will be off to...Maddy, I so know how you feel-Sammy will be off to middle school in a year as well..<br />Jeff, Do you remember the time when your kids thought taking out the trash was fun? My Sammy used to think that-but now...not so much:)kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648854807234137885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8508619860116485212.post-39473396124196710872009-08-06T16:04:54.311-04:002009-08-06T16:04:54.311-04:00I know just what you mean. I have two already grow...I know just what you mean. I have two already grown and out the door. The last one is 18 and has just discovered he missed the deadline for just about anything related to going to college this Fall - or even the next semester. We are just barely approaching the concept of him getting a job and a place of his own.<br /><br />I think we still have a while to go before the nest is finally empty.<br /><br />Perhaps 18 is the age where Aspie and teenager merge. It's hard to tell those two aspects apart at this stage. Neither one wants to take the trash out, let alone get a job ;-)jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08859108643368194200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8508619860116485212.post-20833904441063752652009-08-06T11:44:19.529-04:002009-08-06T11:44:19.529-04:00Nobody likes change around here either. [worried ...Nobody likes change around here either. [worried about change to middle school = over a year away but nevertheless......Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828186178060722812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8508619860116485212.post-27439674287489088442009-08-05T15:00:23.938-04:002009-08-05T15:00:23.938-04:00Thanks Kim...yeah, my kids constantly suprise me.....Thanks Kim...yeah, my kids constantly suprise me..and if some wind up nneeding to stay with me...so be it..precious stolen moments..I would just like more of them sometimes!! :)<br />Denise...You KNOW that my "rascal" will be the coolest one in the retirement community (where Sammy believes that I belong! I've never seen that show-but I will look for it..kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648854807234137885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8508619860116485212.post-62713967812232061982009-08-04T15:55:26.569-04:002009-08-04T15:55:26.569-04:00Kick ass rascal-hehe, the mental image of an old l...Kick ass rascal-hehe, the mental image of an old lady on one painted purple with gold flames popped right into my head. If this ever happens, you must promise me that you'll dye your hair bubblegum pink. <br /><br /> And Sammy's whole, "I will never NOT want to play with my castle."-too cute.<br /><br /> Do you ever watch The Big Bang Theory? I LOVE that show, because there's a guy named Sheldon on it, who's not autistic-but he is actually.Soooo autistic. I think the characters never been stated as such because people would complain about stereotypes.Why it would be insulting to have a leading physicist autistic character i have no idea, but, anyways-sometimes when you write funny things that Sammy has said, i see Sheldon, and it cracks me up.denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09787512675303773961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8508619860116485212.post-60085177700210506512009-08-04T13:51:34.775-04:002009-08-04T13:51:34.775-04:00Lovely, Kathleen.
Things do change, and often we ...Lovely, Kathleen.<br /><br />Things do change, and often we only notice the improvement, the development after it's happened. One day we wake up and we realize that an issue one of our kids was having is no longer an issue for them, that a skill they didn't have, they now do and we have to learn to adapt to their changes, to not hold who they are and what they do stagnant, when they are not. Not even when it's a child for whom development is often agonizingly slow, is the person not growing, not adding to his knowledge. <br /><br />I expect and plan for my bright boy to be with me for the rest of my life, and at times that knowledge hurts in many ways. Hurts because of course I'd like him to achieve independence and a life of his own, and hurts because of course I'd like to not always be in the role of caregiver. And then I realize that my bright boy may not be independent, but we have worked hard together so that he does have a life of his own and that he is not dependent in the home, that he helps to the best of his abilities.<br /><br />Time alone, even if some of the herd remains at home, will happen. You might have to work creatively to make it happen, but it will. :-)Think of them as deliciously stolen and precious moments.Kim Wombleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15492455180502821052noreply@blogger.com