I'll start this update with Sunday evening, since it was kind of a stand-out occasion. Keainid had off, so we were all going to go to that GLBT & Friends mass as a family, so we could help them with their Holiday Angels thing afterward, but Jamie was also a bit "off" again, so Keainid ended up just dropping me off there for it, so at least I'd get ( Read more... )

I'm still behind, and moreover behind again, on updates (along with everything else). The short version is that the switch in Jamie's brain finally flicked after about a week of really bad sensory/autistic times, but just in time for him being capable of feeling good and happily learning and playing and being his normal-for-him self, he got a ( Read more... )

I've been cranking them out this week!  Examiner.com articles, that is.  If you go here, you'll find another two new articles, since last I linked.  One is about the world's only known female, idential twin, autistic savants (going by "The RainMan Twins").  The other is a collection of humorous, inspirational, and down-to-earth thoughtful quotes ( Read more... )

There are so many things to pray about. You know, important stuff, like physical and mental health, financial health (keeping jobs, renewing lease without rent hikes, the insurance/disability struggle), the Jamie struggle in general, so many friends at crazy crisis points that made our life almost feel stable to me for moments here and there ( Read more... )

First off, thanks to those who answered the calls for prayers, lately. Chris Muetz got the best possible news from his doctors, in the wake of the last bad news -- they feel the tumors in his lungs are removable, and moreover, removable via the least invasive method, so there will be minimal trauma to his body (currently recovering well from the ( Read more... )

Vern/Uncle Ho is stable, through his transplant successfully and now maintaining drug-induced unconsciousness long enough for his body to adjust somewhat. Sheila can, hopefully, finally pass out herself. I know I was up through most of the night ( Read more... )

( Thanks for the prayers... )

It is a couple of fools who, when it took several unexpected, last-minute schedule changes before getting two days off in a row, actually thought they might keep both of them off ( Read more... )

( Update on my FIL...some yicky stuff, but some good news too, sorta... )

( Update on my FIL... )