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“the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world…” Colossians 1:6 Yesterday during homeschool, I shared with my seven-year-old what it meant for a dandelion to “go to seed.” “Remember how my zinnias get dry, and the petals fall to the ground?” I asked. My little garden buddy knew exactly what I was…
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Sometimes I can see the truck pull away and only feel a tinge of sadness. There are even some days I feel relief. Other days, I weep. Today I wept. Now that the clozapine has increased, our times together have been so sweet again, and Sunday came all too soon. There are very few things…
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Before you draw a conclusion to the title of this blog, hang with me until the end. For those of you new here, Jude, our autistic 15 year old son became violent at the age of three and nearly impossible to control. We threw just about everything at him to see change, but he only…
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I have an alarm set on my phone to contact Jude’s teacher daily during his conference period. The doctor increased the clozapine last Thursday and we already see noticeable changes. Yesterday, his teacher said he had taken two naps, but was alert when awake. He didn’t make it sound like he slept the day away…
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Jude has had two good days so far this week at school. To my knowledge, there were no issues Sunday either. We have an appointment with psychiatry on Thursday and I’m hoping for some medication changes. If you’ve been following our story, you may recall that we started deceasing clozapine to see if we could…
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I think Special Education teachers and paras are some of the greatest people on the planet. The demand placed on them from parents, administrators and federal laws is a weight I don’t think I would ever attempt to carry and I’m sure there’ve been times that it sucks all the joy out of your calling.…
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Today, our son should have completed his first week of school back in our home district, but instead, he is stumbling across the Friday finish line somewhere else. Jude, our 15 year old autistic son, has been living in a state supported living center for the last 2 and a half years due to aggressive…
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