I have returned!

Hello out there! It has been 2 years since I have posted. A lot of things have happened......really just life happened. I have been struggling if I even want to put life out there. I mean, I am doing this for me in a way, it is therapeutic, but I also want to make sure that I dont do anything that my kids would read later and be like, 'mom thinks this way????'. I also think that I can not be the only person that thinks this.

First and foremost, I am not an English teacher (all though my sister is) and I will probably not be grammatically correct, etc. These are my thoughts, and mine alone. If you want something "professional" you are on the wrong blog. Also, I speak fluent sarcasm so dont get butt hurt....ok???

Anyway, We have been through so much even in the last year, multiple specialists, a brain surgery, balancing both kids' needs that are similar at times, but other times are like day and night. the alphabet soup of diagnoses that seem to get more and more letters added to it. People say, "oh, you are dealing with so much...." Mine and my husband's response is, "I guess......this is our normal".

We dont look for pity or anything. We really feel, it is what it is. I really hate that saying for some reason. I also hate the saying, God only gives you what you can handle......well, personally, God can spread it around a bit.  But I am rambling on.

 I feel like I am an "in-between" person.....I feel at times that I dont fit in with special needs families because our kids, while they have a lot of crap, they are not "severe enough" for some people. But then we are also not a typical family by any means. This "high functioning" autism...what the hell does that even mean????  I have a 6 year old that can sing any song after hearing it once, she seems to be a math whiz, but she can not get dressed with out prompting or her visual schedule. I have a 3 year old that "talks" but is unintelligible, he cant hold a crayon, but he can use tools and build all sorts of crap (that kid is getting a broken appliance to fix for his birthday....life skills baby!).

While I am not going to be airing tons of  "Negative Nancy"  stuff, I will also not be all, "shiny, happy, people" up here either. So welcome back.....or just welcome. I will be trying out this blog thing again. enjoy.