Friends

A friend is someone quoteSometimes I wonder if Josiah will ever have any friends. Children with severe challengerarely do.  Josiah is non-verbal, he doesn’t talk to the kids in his class,  I’m not really sure they talk to him.

When he was a baby, we were in a playgroup for families of children with disabilities, mostly for the adult interaction. The little ones were too young to form any type of friendship.

To this day, our older girls remain friends with some of their former playgroup buddies from nearly 20 years ago.  It won’t ever be that way for Josiah.  I think his only lasting friendships may be with his siblings.  I’m not all too sure that will ever happen.  Read more

Creating Fun

I love to organize.  Call me crazy but few things bring me more joy than seeing our ‘stuff’ organized in plastic bins.  I guess it gives me some element of control in my otherwise chaotic life.  Hours spent sorting a pile of mess into some semblance of neat and tidy brings a smile to my face.  

When I resigned my Kindergarten teaching position in December, I spent days going through toys for Josiah.  Everything in our front coat closet (which never has held a coat) came out.  Shelves and stacking organizers went in and now Josiah’s toys are neatly displayed in clear shoe box sized containers and categorized in color coded milk crates with similar toys.  I open the door, peer in and smile. Read more