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Reflections

 

 

 

 

 

I Stopped Getting Up to Play. I Started Playing From the Floor.

 

There was a long stretch of years where I believed I was failing my children because I couldn't get up.

I'd absorbed all the messaging about play. Get on the floor. Follow their lead. Be animated,...

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Where my grief came from.

autism parenting selfcare Jul 15, 2021
This morning as I was barefoot walking through the garden, connecting with the earth, I felt a deep sadness come over me.
 
My instinct was to push the sadness away and to think of something e
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You have permission to protect your energy.

It's okay to let others squirm a little; to provide them an opportunity to take responsibility for their discomfort.
 
It's okay for us to speak up, to correct pronouns, to share our language
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