Samurai Momma (formerly Mom in Two Cultures)

Sky started his school career by being kicked out of two different preschools because of his behavior. He could tell you what page of which ...

Hi! Remember me? Sorry I've been gone for awhile. Parenting while working during a pandemic has proven to be....well....challenging. But...

One thing I think is really difficult for neurotypical people to appreciate is just how hard people with autism work to get through each day...

According to my Fitbit, over the last few weeks I've gone from sleeping an average of 7 1/2 hours a night to sleeping about 6. A couple ...

While I haven't talked about this as much on my blog as I used to, we continue to live with autism (surprise!). Some days that means ama...

Seven years ago, I asked Sky to guest post on my blog so he could tell you what it is like to live with autism. He was nine years old. Stow ...

Ten years ago today, we left Falcon with my parents, loaded Sky into the car, and headed to Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis fo...

Remember how I said I was going to get the kids to the mountains this summer if it was the last thing I did ? Well, we made it, and it went ...

I am sitting in the cramped hospital room watching the nurse keep her eye on Sky's vitals. His heart rate keeps falling and setting off ...

"Let me start with the takeaways," the pediatric electrophysiologist began. "There are two big ones. First, this won't ki...

Yesterday was Sky's 8th grade National Junior Honor Society awards ceremony. He got inducted last year based on his academic performance...

When I decided to call this blog post "On the Road," I figured I should quote Jack Kerouac out of context. These are the quotes t...

Recently, I've started to suspect that I am losing my mind. And, if not, that I have less patience than I should. At a certain point eac...