Inspiration

A Blessing for the Day

October 26, 2009

I heard this in an audiobook I was listening to while waiting to pick up the J-Man from school. An elementary school parking lot is not the most ideal place to get emotional, but I doubt anyone noticed, and who cares anyway. It feels like it was written for parents like us. It’s beautiful, and [...]

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“Let’s get back to the interview about the hero thing!”

October 15, 2009

This is simply awesome. Kyle Forbes, you rock! If video player messes up, look for “Autistic Cub Scout Saves Teacher’s Life”.

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The Color Purple

September 19, 2009

Given the struggle things have been lately, I’ve needed as much inspiration as I could find to help refill my bucket. I have a half a zillion autism parents blogs bookmarked in my RSS reader, and I am woefully behind on them. But that’s one of the places I often go to find words I [...]

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Simple Gifts

August 31, 2009

This has been an eventful week here in the Flashlight House to say the least. Late last week we celebrated the anniversary of Mary’s 29th birthday! And tomorrow the J-Man turns 4. I can’t believe it; time goes by so fast. We don’t do much in the way of birthday presents or parties around here [...]

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Book Review – “The Game of My Life” by Jason McElwain

April 8, 2009

If you’ve been around here a while, you probably figured out that I’m a huge fan of Jason ‘J-Mac’ McElwain and everything he both embodies and symbolizes about what our children can accomplish. (See also “Autism Goes Super”, “The Unlikely, Inspiring Combination of Gatorade and Autism”, and “Swifter, Higher, Stronger” – scroll down to the [...]

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Happy 105th Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

March 2, 2009

Theodor Seuss Geisel – better known to the world as Dr. Seuss – was born March 2, 1904. To say that Geisel has had a powerful influence on generations of children – many of us now adults – is a vast understatement. For me, and I imagine for many parents, it’s wonderful to be able [...]

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Musings from the Weekend

February 2, 2009

With everybody in the house feeling not so great with a combination of being sick, tired, and/or pregnant, I can’t muster up enough brainpower to write something more thought-out and coherent, so here are my random musings from this weekend – at least still on topic. I think I’ve discovered a new symbol for autism, [...]

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Autism Goes Super

February 2, 2009

I wrote a post before saying how much Gatorade impressed me by including the coolest, autistic, sports star on the planet in their ad, and then they go and outdo themselves tonight on their Super Bowl ad. [The Mac Daddy brings it at about 15 seconds in after the actual ad starts.] Jason McElwain needs [...]

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