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Jennifer S
Jennifer S
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Things that keep me awake at night.

1. Will we ever have a quiet, peaceful ride in the car again, with no vocal stimming/humming/hollering coming from the little guy in the back?



2. Will my son live with us for the rest of his life requiring 24-hour looking-after and support or is he headed to Harvard on a full-tuition scholarship and will move away from home to live on campus with a nice roommate?



3. Will all the new keyed-locks and deadbolts I've installed this weekend keep The Boy safe and inside…

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Posted on June 2, 2010 at 11:23pm

Jennifer S

Why, indeed?

He started sniffing some papers on the table and ignoring the test.



"Why are you sniffing?" Yoram inquired.



"You are not sniffing -- why?" Tito retorted.





-- From "Strange Son", by Portia Iverson

another…

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Posted on May 6, 2010 at 11:30am

Jennifer S

What's in it for me?

We have started The Boy back with Occupational Therapy again. He's got some OT issues we'd really like to address, and left/right hand dominance is near the top of the list. The Boy loves letters and numbers and can be persuaded to hold a pencil or marker (grudgingly... how often do I mention that word?) and will scribble them out but we aren't 100% sure if he is left-handed or right-handed and we wanted to take him to somebody to see if they could figure it…
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Posted on April 20, 2010 at 9:55pm

Jennifer S

This is what happens when you have an EEG if you're me.

First, they show you to a room that has a bed they can jack up. If you're very lucky, your Dad can take the day off and hang out on the bed with you. If you are very, VERY lucky, they let you play with a hospital calculator.…

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Posted on April 10, 2010 at 7:32am

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