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A little sand and soul
The quiet grief of letting them become
Jenny Smith
A tale of two driveways
A Monday morning reflection on shame, play, and the nervous systems we create for each other
Jenny Smith
The sweet spot
Savoring the snuggles -- my ten year old son bounds down the stairs most mornings and i close my laptop
Jenny Smith
This is what love looks like right now
The power of reframing + beginning again -- On the first day of official summer in our little world, I found myself rising early to walk our neighborhood. Knowing our freshly-graduated third grader would be fast asleep in bed for (hopefully) another couple hours, I relished the chilly June morning air trickling through the trees.Transitional seasons are a lot for autistic brains to process. Ending a school year is a doozy.
Jenny Smith
“Mom, none of them look nervous.”
The one where I tell you about OCD -- My newly minted twelve-year-old anxiously observes from the back seat, “Mom, none of them look nervous.” My face smiles. My brain screams. My heart breaks. It seems to still be human nature to assume our internal chaos is a unique and isolated event. She looks out her rainy January window as we pull up to her middle school for the first time after Christmas break. “See, Mom. They’re fine.”
Jenny Smith