tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post7156107983341383202..comments2024-01-24T05:26:00.039-08:00Comments on Whitterer on Autism: Traditional Irish FayreMaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05828186178060722812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-63225942478600956402007-03-18T15:12:00.000-07:002007-03-18T15:12:00.000-07:00The pictures are adorable! I have never heard of ...The pictures are adorable! I have never heard of a leprechaun trap! Is that how you get their gold? <BR/><BR/>I need to spread some compost and mulch myself. I did a whole lotta raking and yard cleanup Friday, when the sun was out. It's been raining, but the sun just peeked out! Of course, I don't have the compost and mulch to spread yet. Hmmm.<BR/><BR/>I'll check out that new site!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397166252681075107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37025305.post-69061340917020301152007-03-18T14:43:00.000-07:002007-03-18T14:43:00.000-07:00Terrific pictures! It sounds like you all had a b...Terrific pictures! It sounds like you all had a blast on St. Patrick's Day! Since it fell on a weekend here we barely acknowledged it. My hubby makes it hard to celebrate it also... he is a Catholic convert, but his English roots run oh so deep...<BR/><BR/>How do you find it goes when you attempt to reach out to the "normal" population? I'm finding it's getting harder and harder to fit in, much as I keep trying. Our children have been around the same playmates since they were very young. As the children get older everyone is going their own way more frequently, I'm okay with that. What's hard though is that Samuel is standing out more and more. It's difficult to get together with everyone because we have Samuel. I can live with that, but I feel bad for my other sons.<BR/><BR/>I desperately want my friends to be exposed to autism beyond the mainstream version shown most often in the media(according to which, in my opinion, is that I spend every waking hour agonizing over Samuel and am ready to kill myself), but I don't want to shove it down their throats! I hope by my example I am showing them a different side, but I can't be too sure. I wish I had the savvy to try it in a humorous way!LAA and Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587951326698052928noreply@blogger.com