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Renovation
I painted this stencil over the top of Tim’s closet when he was eleven years old. That was the year everything changed. Tim was officially diagnosed with schizophrenia. He attempted suicide. He had two inpatient hospitalizations. Tim has always loved Superman, and Tom has always loved REM, so this stencil was the perfect expression of…
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Ch-ch-changes…..
I could swear I’ve titled a post with this title before. Anyways….. Just a brief update as to why I’ve been so quiet. Tim is home. Permanently. For many reasons, we had him discharged from his RTC last week, without all the planning and setup that would normally go into transitioning from RTC back…
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Nothing Is What It Seems – Part One
Image by Detlef C Tim moved to a new residential program in June, as he would be aging out of his previous program when he turned 18 in July. We were happy to find one we liked with a program similar to the one he was used to, much, much closer to home. As with…
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Is It June Yet?
I am so ready for this month to be over. It’s been quite a May so far for the family. It started out with a happy change – I switched jobs. I left a major retailer and went to work for a smaller company with better culture, better career opportunities, and better benefits, albeit with…
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Turn And Face The Strain
There are plenty of quizzes on the interwebs that illustrate the stress that change can cause. Even the most well-adjusted person can be jarred by enough upheaval. Even happy events cause stress. I changed jobs recently. And while I’m thrilled to be with a company where I have more opportunity and a better culture, I’ve…
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Turning a Stigmatizing Experience Into A Positive
Did you read over the weekend about Palmer Advertising in San Francisco, and the ad they put on Craigslist? No? Apparently they are looking for a business development person in the Stockton, California area and the ad, along with job description and required experience, listed this line: “The successful candidate will have … Sanity. If…
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The Brain Shell Game
With all the awareness that’s been raised over the past several years about autism, many people now realize that there are several forms of this organic brain disorder- gradations, if you will. Autism is a spectrum, including Pervasive Developmental Disability – Not Otherwise Specified (NOS) on one end, Asperger’s Syndrome somewhere in the middle, and…