Honey, I think We Ruined the Magic of Childhood

Zach, our eight year old, recently asked about Easter. My husband gave him the religious story about the holiday and explained that’s what it’s really about. Zach then says, “What about the bunny and eggs?” My husband told Zach that’s the commercialization of the holiday. It’s how stores make money. I of course chimed in [...]

Army Life – Tricare and ASUs

I’ve already been stressing about Zach’s therapies for his Asperger’s. It seems we can use the Tricare (military insurance for newbies) plan we’re on now, and use ONLY network doctors (ie. lowest contract bidders because that’s how they do government contracts), and still pay a copay every month. OR, we can move Zach to a [...]

Diagnosis: Asperger’s

For those that haven’t been following along over at The Parent Support Space, we took our oldest son, Zach, to Drexel Universtiy’s Autism Department to be re-evaluated earlier this month. We had taken him there two years ago because I suspected a high functioning form of autism. At that time, Zach carried a diagnosis of [...]