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Perfect

By Annette Heidmann April 19, 2017 ADD, Autism, Favorites, Folk, Music No Comments
Perfect

True Confession: Sometimes I obsess. I’ve been this way as long as I can remember – my brain gets stuck on something and nothing will unstick it except time and…

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A Changing of the Guard

By Annette Heidmann October 19, 2015 Autism, Education, Family Life, Milestones 3 Comments
A Changing of the Guard

 I have a confession to make. Over the last few months, I have been harboring a secret. A secret that has had my stomach churning, has kept me up late…

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Scottsdale Photo-Walk

By Annette Heidmann February 25, 2013 Art, Autism, Family Life, Fashion, Meltdowns, Out & About, Photography, Sensory Overload 1 Comment
Scottsdale Photo-Walk

Saturday afternoon, following the epic LOTR extended DVD marathon, Paul planned a fun family outing. The girls and I grabbed our cameras and we all loaded up in the van…

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Jacob’s Bane

By Annette Heidmann February 4, 2013 Autism, Home Schooling No Comments
Jacob’s Bane

Jacob worked so hard today.  Between the multiplication and the handwriting, it was challenging for him and took a great deal of will power, but he pulled it off.  Proud…

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“My Brain” – by Jacob

By Annette Heidmann January 24, 2013 Art, Autism 2 Comments

Tuesday during our car-school session, Jacob produced this timeless piece of artwork that I cannot begin to say how much I love.  He entitled this continuous line of slowly drawn…

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Monday Madness: Migraines, Multiplication, and Meltdowns

By Annette Heidmann January 14, 2013 Autism, Exercise, Fitness, Health, Home Schooling, Meltdowns, Physical Therapy 3 Comments
Monday Madness: Migraines, Multiplication, and Meltdowns

My Monday madness began today with a migraine.  I struggled through a couple of hours trying to tackle school, but to no avail. I ended up going to lie down…

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Mid Week Mania

By Annette Heidmann October 17, 2012 ADD, Catholic, curriculum, Exercise, Health, Home Schooling, Liturgy, Movies, Physical Therapy, Trees, Yard No Comments
Mid Week Mania

It’s been a busy one already, and it’s only Wednesday.  Monday morning we had no appointment scheduled other than taking the Jezek kids back to their house on the north…

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Wandering More Common in Autistic Children Than Once Thought – ABC News

By Annette Heidmann October 8, 2012 Autism No Comments

This is important.  Long before we knew anything about autism, we observed that Jacob would wander, no matter where we were, if someone were not holding on to him at…

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The Writing Process

By Annette Heidmann October 1, 2012 ADD, Autism, Stimming 1 Comment

He sits at his computer and puts on his headphones (just to block out noise, he’s not listening to any music). He looks at the screen for a while, looks…

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What I’m Reading Online Today

By Annette Heidmann September 12, 2012 Autism, Catholic, curriculum, Evangelization, Health, Home Schooling, Marriage, NFP, Politics, Pro Life, Pro-Life, Vaccinations No Comments

Lots o’ Links… thank you, Facebook friends, for all the interesting fare you post every day.  There’s always more than I could ever have time to read!  Here’s just a…

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PeaPillyBean* » The lessons Doctor Who is teaching my ASD kid

By Annette Heidmann August 3, 2012 Autism No Comments

This is just plain brilliant parenting.  

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