After a miraculous whirlwind month, we are back home in Congo now. We did fit in a few days of vacation. Much of our time was spent chasing down leads to find James an Occupational Therapist (OT). They are not plentiful in Africa, let me tell you. I will write Read more…
Candles provide such a serene, contemplative light. And I love to watch the delicate loops of smoke rise to the ceiling! Well, James has me thinking about candles this week… You know that adorable toddler phase of picking up everything? The one where dirt must be tasted, smelled or rolled Read more…
Two steps forward, one step back. I can feel the progress, but it’s harder to appreciate it on the ‘one-step-back’ days. Like today. The bedtime chapter book we’ve been reading is lost. Somehow this is a magnanimous disaster for my routine-loving boy. Routines are safety. And dealing with changes at Read more…
Pronounced ‘POE-lay POE-lay’. This is a very useful Swahili phrase meaning ‘step by step’ or ‘slowly slowly’, ‘little by little’, ‘one foot in front of the other’, ‘baby steps’, ‘bit by bit’, ‘inch by inch’ – I think you get the picture. I don’t think it is coincidence that ‘pole’ Read more…
Years of searching for help and answers, in regards to the difficulties of our son, culminated in April in a diagnosis: Asperger’s Sydrome. Those of you on our newsletter list have read some about this just this week. We have left the unchartered waters of encopresis or Reactive Attachment Disorder, Read more…