When you have 3 kids in the Neurodivergent world, you learn a few things. Sometimes it means you see things that your friends may not. But approaching your friends to tell them you think their child may be Neurodivergent is hard. Suzanne gives tips on approaching your friends. The closer you are the harder it is.

This is the second Half of Ralf’s side of the story.  We may like to talk but more importantly there is so much to say and learn from this story. 

Meds are amazing but the downside can be that it takes away your appetite. It takes away mine and I have a hard time finding things I want to eat besides chocolate. I can always eat chocolate. Suzy helps me figure things out.

We heard Margret’s side of the story about Jakob.  This is her husband’s side of the story, Ralf.   He shares the male perspective and shares wisdom of how men are dumb. His words, not mine.

Patti talks about the emotions she feels when dealing with IEPs. All the forms, assessments and punches to the gut. Advocating for your kids takes a toll on you and band width to make sure you are talking about the right one.

This is a conversation with an amazing Theater professional, that was told after theater school she was a teacher not a professional. She denied this until she found her first teaching job at Frostig - and she answered an ad from Craig’s List for that job! 

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Patti gives us a long overdue update on Jax’s Journey as well as an update on her breast.   I bet you know the outcome of the latter.

Marlowe and Xandi are our daughters but also friends.  They talk about dyslexia.  We wrote down questions and they answered them…mostly.   It isn’t edited really so you get the raw unfocused conversation. It was hard for me to hear the truth.   Disclaimer:  we asked them and they did agree to do it.   There was no forcing.

This is a Holiday Dump is from last year. We figured though it is outdated we should probably remind ourselves of last year so we can prep for this year.

Patti talks about her journey with Xandi from diagnosis to the struggle of today.  There were tears but there usually are. She wishes that the world, including Xandi, could see the greatness that Xandi is.