Author Archives: Sarah

About Sarah

Mother of an autistic child wanting to write about my personal experiences

Graduation

First I’d like to share – how bloody gorgeous is my Beth? In fact how bloody gorgeous are all my kids?! The first picture is of Beth at her Middle School Graduation. The second is of me and her and … Continue reading

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Underestimated

I was pleasantly surprised yesterday. I went to a performance at Beth’s school in the afternoon because she had a drum performance. It was a bit disappointing as she didn’t play the drums but hit a tambourine instead but that’s … Continue reading

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VCAL

Beth had her second day at the senior school campus today. We went to an evening at her school last week to talk about her VCAL options, something that her school introduced last year. I can’t believe that she’s going … Continue reading

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Nearly Christmas!

I can’t believe how fast this year has gone. It’s been an odd year. The worst year in a long time, with Dad and my aunty both dying. Awful. And a great year for me personally with getting back to … Continue reading

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Curriculum Days

I love it when Beth has a curriculum day, I really do. The only problem with them is that Beth enjoys being at home so much that she ALWAYS tries to say that she’s sick when it’s time to go … Continue reading

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September school holidays

We’re half way through the second week of the school holidays. I was just thinking about how it’s not been long enough but as I’ve just had to break up a fight between Bill and Bridie I’m revising that wish! We’ve … Continue reading

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Bronchitis

Poor old Bethie’s been sick lately. Poor old me had had to deal with it. It’s not been too bad, having an enforced stay at home has been quite lovely but also very restricting at times. I’ve been trying to … Continue reading

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August 2014

What a horrible year it’s been. Literally an annus horribilis in the words of the queen. First we lost my aunty Pat in February. Now we’ve lost my lovely Dad too. He had a type of leukaemia that we didn’t … Continue reading

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July 2014

Dare I say it, things are going pretty well at the moment. We’re back at school after the July school holidays which were lovely. We didn’t do a great deal, I had lots of study and assignments to do so … Continue reading

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Driving me crazy

I’ve had Beth home again this week. She nearly passed out on Tuesday over her breakfast, she fell down on her knees and then vomitted which was quite scary but it only happened once. She’s also had a cold. It’s … Continue reading

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