tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post5523624777893700151..comments2024-03-11T22:54:06.514+00:00Comments on Wordsmithing: And what does your Mother call you?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459671422564355990noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-80899495149607403242010-06-23T01:35:16.555+01:002010-06-23T01:35:16.555+01:00Hi Wendy
I didn't realise that we shared that ...Hi Wendy<br />I didn't realise that we shared that experience either. We describe Sonshine as being very big for three. I have been considering if he has actually hit four, developmentally, although he is technically adult.<br />I had so many brothers to choose from, if I ended up calling Sonshine one, in a subconscious trip down memory lane, it would sound like I was calling the register. ;)<br />The funniest thing for me is when my daughter - the Minnow - is so frustrating that I end up calling her by her brother's name!<br /><br />The statistics, on the number of children born with autism, are climbing annually. It is very worrying.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459671422564355990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-91157515678953755122010-06-22T23:47:04.787+01:002010-06-22T23:47:04.787+01:00I didn't know we shared the pain of mothering ...I didn't know we shared the pain of mothering an autistic child. Mine's almost 12. And because he's still such a little boy in so many ways, I often (in deepest frustration) call him by my brother's name. Though my bro is 40 years old, my subconscious memories of him are of how he taunted me in his youth. Strange, eh?Wendy Ramer, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17430380409796887696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-24232187147136080242010-06-22T21:27:34.749+01:002010-06-22T21:27:34.749+01:00Hi Laura - it is such a relief to know someone els...Hi Laura - it is such a relief to know someone else who has the same problems. My favourite is trying to explain why we cannot "Buy one:Get one free" when we only went shopping for the one.<br />I'm a Bodyguard, too. I see my self as a Translator - not of language, but of behaviour.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459671422564355990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-52178769757625259832010-06-22T19:49:16.905+01:002010-06-22T19:49:16.905+01:00I can relate, being both a middle child and the pa...I can relate, being both a middle child and the parent of an autistic son. I just got back from a vacation in which I was constantly explaining to waitresses: he won't eat ravioli unless it has no sauce and he won't eat burgers with sesame seed buns so could you make it with two bottom buns please and I know you're not supposed to but can you make it as rare as possible because if it's even a little burned he won't...etc., etc. <br />But honestly I don't let it bother me too much. I suppose I see myself in the role of defender?Laura Canonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16574566234310522696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-38212265129679389252010-06-22T18:28:52.086+01:002010-06-22T18:28:52.086+01:00Hi Karen - I'm glad the post started your day ...Hi Karen - I'm glad the post started your day with a smile. It was a good day. Even when he tried to bite the dentist for putting a foul smelling mirror into his mouth. <br /><br />Karen Amanda, you have the cutest nickname. It is bitter-sweet remembering those who have passed and the ripples they have left behind.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459671422564355990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-78009418964478212622010-06-22T13:10:12.347+01:002010-06-22T13:10:12.347+01:00Aww, what a great story. My mother (and father) ca...Aww, what a great story. My mother (and father) call me Pinky. They have since I was a baby. The only other person in the world allowed to call me that was my father's mother, but sadly she has passed on, so now my parents own exclusive rights to that nickname.kahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10789825860272178765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-52667416561547029442010-06-22T12:36:59.203+01:002010-06-22T12:36:59.203+01:00What a lovely post! It sure started my day with a ...What a lovely post! It sure started my day with a smile :)Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153821980625034810noreply@blogger.com