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Thursday Evening: The Turning Point It’s Sunday, the end of the October half-term and I’m sure you’ll all be pleased to hear, it got better. On Thursday evening, two things happened.First, I messaged my friend who I met on holiday. She told me to try, however hard, to be positive. Her son can pick up Read more
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Sunday: A Little Freedom Two days into half-term and I’m already tired, not sure how much more I can take. The weekend went well though, largely because I took myself to the cinema on my own, one of my favourite things to do.I sat right at the back, arms buried in my big coat, beanie Read more
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Early Morning Thoughts It’s Saturday morning, 8.30 a.m. and I’m cooking croissants and cutting up strawberries for weekend breakfast. I’m feeling pretty good because it’s Half-Term.Look how far I’ve come. This Autumn Term has been a long eight weeks.I’m not interested in people who complain about teachers and their time off; if it bothers you Read more
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The Refund Battle What a week, it felt long and heavy. After the phone call about the EHCP being refused by the school, I spent the rest of the week unable to shake off the tiredness. This was not helped by the sporting company being very hard to deal with when it came to getting Read more
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A Parenting Fail (Or Was It?) So just a quick one tonight. I wasn’t planning on writing anything as it’s been a long week and honestly I’m very tired. But today I did a classic parenting fail and thought I should reflect on it. Summer’s Cultural Day At my daughter’s school they had a Cultural Read more
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So, it’s October 1st and you know what that means.Well, actually, you probably don’t… unless you live in a house with a small autistic boy who has been obsessed with Halloween since July 2024. Today marks the official start of Halloween in our house. And honestly? If you can’t beat them, join them. Halloween: A Read more
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