Category: Asperger’s Syndrome
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Is Spain the United States’ mother?
Some friends of mine, who are missionaries in Granada, Spain, recently sent a video, encouraging me to go on a virtual prayer walk for their ministry. As I “walked” through the streets of Granada, I ended up doing just as much praying for the United States as I did for Granada. Here’s why… It was…
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From Columbus to Columbus
I was shocked when my kids told me how horrible Columbus was to the natives here in the Americas. I had been simply taught that he accidentally ran into some Carribean islands while trying to make it to China. But after coming across an excellent modern biography about Queen Isabella, written by Kirsten Downey, I…
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Less Wind in the Storm
All of this forced togetherness can build us or break us. I must admit that, while I want to have a good relationship with my family, the hustle and bustle of our old lives made it so that I could get by with being less and expecting less than I should’ve. Now, they, and I,…
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Why am I not afraid of the phone?
Usually, I avoid making and taking phone calls, like the plague. Now that there actually is a plague going on, I love the phone. Why? #1 There are not a lot of other opportunities for social interaction, so phone calls are now a welcome interaction. It used to be that normal life afforded me enough…
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I feel for those with littles
How are you parents with little ones with autism doing? I was at Sam’s Club the other day – we needed some oranges and apples. I decided to grab a bag of rice for good measure. I had wanted to do order pickup, but they wouldn’t let me order almond milk, so had to go…