Educating, advocating, & shining a light of love on our world of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Today marked a magical day for us in the Olson household. We didn’t win the lottery. We didn’t land some random month long vacation. But it feels just as big, in the world we’re all navigating right now. We put our Christmas tree up today, and it feels glorious. It’s been a rough go the […]
Read MoreIn preparation for “Halloween”, lots of feelings break to the surface. It’s emotional, because I don’t want to “force” my child to endure holidays if he truly doesn’t want to.But he doesn’t yet know what Halloween is about. It’s sad because a part of me still grieves the loss of the life that we thought […]
Read MoreLast night I had a dream. A dream that I have fairly often.It always begins the same, with my boy and I dancing around our kitchen. Hand in hand, giggling and shouting, skipping, happiness filling the room. Very commonly our reality. It moves to Beckett handing me his tablet and silently asking to watch “The […]
Read MoreWe’re like snowflakes, you and me. There are billions of us. And yet, none of us are exactly the same. This rings true right through the paths taken, when your loved one is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. No 2 Autistic individuals are 100% identical in their characteristics, their challenges, or their strengths. And the […]
Read MoreIf someone approached me one day and asked me what emotion I have swirling inside, on a continuous reel, among the many, I’d name “guilt”. Guilt that my sons were born so early.Guilt that we lost our first child.Guilt that our household runs on just one income.Guilt that I don’t keep a tidier home.Guilt that […]
Read MoreI don’t often presume to know exactly what my littlest love is thinking. His mind is too beautiful for that. But if I had to guess what he’s feeling when he is with his Daddy… one of the easiest things I’d ever have to do, by far. In your presence, dear Husband, our son exudes […]
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To Infinity & Beyond Words 