Category Archives: Life

Conversations With Myself: Speed Limits

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Aspermama

Speed limits are one of those many things where most people see a fuzzy guideline and I see a hard-and-fast rule.  Chances are you’ve seen those stretches of road where everyone always does 10 or 20 over the posted speed limit.  … Continue reading →

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A Very Aspie Christmas

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Aspermama

My mom did Christmas like nobody’s business.  I’ll never forget staring into those pretty glass ball ornaments under the soft glow of the lights; breathing in the smell of pine; running around with my brother and sister to music; the hushed, quiet church … Continue reading →

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10 Things You Can Totally Say to an Aspie Parent

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Aspermama

So there’s this thing going around the internet where people post a list of things that you’re not supposed to say to a a certain person or group of people, like parents of multiples and short people (no, I would … Continue reading →

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Self-Care for the Aspie Mom

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Aspermama

Burnout is a nasty thing.  I can always tell when I’m getting there by my level of overreaction to minor things.  If I feel like a complete failure after seeing a pile of dishes in the sink and it makes me want … Continue reading →

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Fit In or Do the Right Thing?

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Aspermama

There is an unwritten rule, one that I am only now beginning to understand.  We are not expected to live by our convictions, only to believe in them.  Society allows, even expects, a certain degree of hypocrisy.   As long as you … Continue reading →

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Shopping is Slow, Boring Torture

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Aspermama

I would rather mow a football field with a pair of nose hair clippers than go shopping. Not bookstores and flea markets.  That kind of shopping I could do all day long.  I’m talking clothes-and-shoes shopping. Not too long ago … Continue reading →

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Mompetition

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Aspermama

I was pretty stoked when Frodo learned to walk.  It was just before summer, and I couldn’t wait to take him outside every day.  I was even looking forward to meeting some other parents (I find meeting new people fun, in theory).  I had visions in … Continue reading →

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Life’s Too Short Not to Dawdle

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Aspermama

Sometimes, as parents, we get annoyed or impatient with our kids for acting just like us. I’m a notorious dawdler.  I stare up at the sky and watch the clouds, I stop to take in the scent of lilacs every spring, … Continue reading →

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Half Autistic

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Aspermama

Yesterday I ran my first 5k.  Well, about a third of a 5k (the rest was power walking but looking like I might break back into a run any minute because I’m just taking a break and I’m totally in great … Continue reading →

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The Saga Begins

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Aspermama

Autism fascinated me as a child.  I would read books with autistic characters and wonder what their interior life was like, where they went when they withdrew into themselves; I imagined it to be a fascinating place.  Sometimes it felt like a place that I had … Continue reading →

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