Upon a time of turmoil this Amy Grant song lifted me up through tears of grief yet tears of cleansing, and it is doing it again. Words by Brown Bannister, Chris Christian, Amy GrantFrom the album Never Alone I had laid some mighty plansThought I held them in my handsThen my world began to crumble [...]
Archive for the ‘autism’ Tag
Change is hard Leave a comment
Completely overwhelmed, but still soothed by nature’s glory Leave a comment
042 Originally uploaded by criscollrj I’ve noticed that nature greatly soothes me as well as prayer. And also just being with family and laughing. But things are crazy, and I just have never any time for blogging, etc. I often think lately that I’d just like to totally quit working so I can catch up [...]
Looking down the road Leave a comment
I know that everyone with an autistic child, whether or not they have mild autism, severe autism, or autism spectrum along with another disability such as bipolar, deafness, blindness, or something completely different, doesn’t know what they will expect as their child (children) grow older. It is almost too overwhelming to look at as everyday [...]
A blank slate Leave a comment
After typing into my personal blog, at its 3rd home right now at blog, I am a bit stymied attempting to begin this new blog that has been on my mind for a while now. Technical details like WHERE do I want to house the blog, and what to call it, have interrupted my just [...]
Reference to autism on 90210 last night— Leave a comment
Something Ethan said on 90210 last night made me think. He was in the woods with a friend and just talking. He said this: Ethan: “People think I’m someone different than I am.” Friend, Liam: “Let me ask you something, why do you smile?” Ethan: “I smile because I don’t want to cause trouble for [...]
autismbites blog author’s letter to the President– Leave a comment
letter that dad of 6 autistic children wrote to the President.[ad#Google Adsense]
Thinking of how to share most with this blog– 1 comment
With having a new domain, I have been trying to think of the best way to reach out to others with this blog. I know I need to update my resource pages and do more research on what could help people most on ideas for autism spectrum and deafness. I think I may also type [...]
I never posted my 08 goals– 1 comment
So thought I’d post here. I will then look over them over the next week and make up my 09 goals. I don’t even expect to reach some of these, it’s just good to have them all written down to have an awareness of them. 2008 GOALS (the year that will be over TOMORROW! wow) [...]
Summer and picture update Leave a comment
When I tried to straighten my hairNot good results!Ryan caught me asleep typing …Colleen and her friendColleen having coffeeChris after his sedated blood tests in May. They did find out he had elevated triglycerides and low “good” cholesterol.The man who succeeded in keeping Chris from running out of the hospital before sedation.Walk Colleen & I [...]



