Through Coloured Shattered Glass | Parenting differently, with Psychology, ASD and Twins

Christmas Recovery

Every year we join friends on Boxing Day for their annual Christmas recovery gathering. It is a day of sharing leftovers, discussion of the past year, kids happily playing together while adults eat, drink and relax, plus sunset with a view.

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Hi, I’m Jennie, and this is my life and my blog.

So This Is Christmas

As I enjoy the quiet of satisfied children sleeping after an exhausting day, I ponder the odd feeling that it just doesn’t seem like Christmas.

Walking Through Emotional Pain

So what do we do with the pain when it won’t stay silent anymore. When it intrudes on your days, nights, and even your happy moments?

Letting kids fly by following their flow.

It’s becoming a successful focus now, to encourage the passions/obsessions of those on the Autism Spectrum. So I ask: why can’t we do something similar for all children?

Travelling with my Obsessed Aspie

Fortunately, his universal obsession of trains and public transport is easy to satisfy anywhere in the world. Unfortunately it means that public transport journeys become a non-negotiable part of any trip.

The season of sniffles and lost jackets

He really hasn’t been sick this year, not like he once was. It’s something quite special to notice how wonderfully healthy he is.

A Dual Book Review

One was a book about reconnection, an issue that seems to plague our current society. The other was a biography, which ended up being nothing of what I expected, but was also filled with undertones about connection.