Yesterday for the first time ever I got a flu shot. Normally getting the flu shot requires you to go to one of the clinics set up around the city and you would be lucky to see 20 people at a regular flu vaccination clinic. The H1N1 has of course changed that and I stood in a line up of some 300 or more people to receive my...
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It’s been a busy week. The kids have finished school and to everyone’s delight (including my own) my new car finally arrived. Truthfully it’s not really new, it just feels new. The car belonged to my mother, who kindly gave it to me free of charge after my car of 12 years finally gave up the ghost. Aren’t...
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Our family trip to the Zoo went of with out a hitch this weekend. The weather was perfect and everyone had a great time! Jonathan was very pleased with the tigers, monkeys and reef exhibits. However petting the sting rays was the highlight of the day for sure. They have a large pool filled with Nurse Sharks and String Rays and...
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Jonathan has a fantastic sense of honesty and humor that I hope he never out grows. He just says it how he sees it. He can’t help but state what he feels is completely obvious. Despite the fact that the first seven years of Jonathan’s where filled tantrums, therapy, a lack of sleep and numerous trips to the school...
read moreGot a cure for autism? I discovered in my reading this morning, over hot cup of tea, that almost everyone does or at least claims to. Forget being a medical expert. These days all you need is a ridiculous theory and a guest spot on Oprah. Garbage science is the latest and greatest trend these days and everyone is buying into it. To...
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What works for one child does not necessarily work for another. Sometimes you have to step out of the norm and come up with your own ideas. Here are some of the strange little things that I stumbled upon that helped a great deal. Keep in mind these are things that worked for my son, these things don’t work for...
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