Samurai Momma (formerly Mom in Two Cultures)

"Stow, I got it. Just sit down and shut up." On the bus ride home from school on the first day of October, Stow heard these ten...

They say if you've met one kid on the autism spectrum, you've met one kid on the autism spectrum. In other words, no two kids with a...

Today was a big day. Today Sky graduated from his IEP.* The path to diagnosis and then from getting the diagnosis to obtaining help at sch...

Sky starts middle school today, so yesterday we visited the new building to get his schedule and to meet with his peer buddies. This was our...

Today Facebook took me back to this day in history in 2009. That was the day when Sky's private preschool sent home a note telling us th...

You know what's at the top of the "101 Things a Mom Doesn't Want to Hear on the First Day of School" list? Well, pretty mu...

Several days after I sent my message ( read part 1 here ), I got a reply. It came a few hours before Sky's scheduled class with John. B...

Well, trampoline was going pretty well until it wasn't, but I suppose that's par for the course. Here's another letter for you....

Recently, Stow turned three... Scooter by Mom, hat by Big Sissy. ...like a boss. We hadn't had a party in a long time, so we de...

Yesterday, Sky went back to the after-school art class for the first time since being "dis-enrolled" from it. He went prepared wit...

The next morning, I decided not to look at my e-mail. And, instead I waited until after taking a shower, making breakfasts, packing lunches,...

The after-school art teacher’s e-mail hit me like a sucker punch to the gut. Instantly, I could feel my pulse quicken, my breath shorten and...

A month or so ago, Sky brought home a letter from his school art teacher saying his picture had been selected for the "young artists...