The End of Another Forty Days
Six and a half years ago, I reflected on the death of my father. It is barely conceivable to me that I am now living in the aftermath of the death of my mother. Although I have had my own home since...
View ArticleGrief is Weird
My mother passed away about ten months ago, in January. It left me feeling sad and disoriented. My father died in September 2015. With my mother gone, I was now without any grandparents or parents. It...
View ArticleOn Autism
Earlier this year, towards the end of April, I caught a passing reference to autism in a YouTube video that I was watching. It sparked my curiosity. Six months later, I’ve read more than three dozen...
View ArticleOn Unwanted Sorrows
Prayer is a funny thing. We don’t often get what we want; we always get what we need. And that is why a “no” is as much an answer to prayer, and a blessing, as the “yes” we are asking for. As country...
View ArticleOn Late Diagnosed Autism
One of the recent developments in autism is the increasing number of “late diagnosed” autism in adults in their 30s, 40s, 50s, and even 60s and older. It’s something of a mirror image of the...
View ArticleAutism and Camouflaging (or Masking)
Everyone wants to fit in, to be included, to have meaningful relationships and social connections. Everyone wants to be “normal.” While the quest to be “normal” is a meaningless one, the desire for...
View ArticleOn Endings and Beginnings
If one has the good fortune to live in a climate which has four distinct seasons, each year one will physically experience the rhythm of endings and beginnings. During one’s school years, the annual...
View ArticleThe Nostalgia of Malt O Meal
This morning I did some grocery shopping to get some pies. While I was walking through the grocery store, I happened to walk down the aisle with the “hot cereal” as we called it when I was a kid....
View ArticleThanksgiving Transitions
Although the original post was deleted long ago, today marks the calendar day, twenty years ago, that I first began this blog. In the Russian Orthodox observance, today is the feast of St Katherine of...
View ArticleThe Experience of Autism from the Inside
I write this post with a great deal of caution. I am going to attempt to flip the script on how autism is often described. Rather than a set of outward behaviors, I am going to attempt to describe...
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