Stories By Kimberlee Rutan McCafferty
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Brick Life
/ 4 weeks agoLittle Miracles
Said goodbye to Jenks today. Miracles everywhere. Half the rides closed off? Fifteen years ago a tantrum of such magnificent proportions...
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Brick Life
/ 1 month agoA Brick Mom’s Road Trip to Bittersweet Farms: Family, Autism, And Unforgettable Memories
This summer I had the road trip of a lifetime. For four glorious, childless, caretaking-free days, I had the opportunity to...
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Brick Life
/ 4 months agoGraduation Day
He marches in to Pomp and Circumstance, looking a bit confused but handsome in his cap and gown, and I receive...
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Brick Life
/ 5 months agoAdult Autism Transition
In two weeks, my profoundly autistic son Justin, will graduate from the private autism high school he has attended since he...
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Brick Life
/ 5 months agoA Good Cause
Last weekend my nonprofit, HomeLife21, was fortunate enough to share in a fundraiser with two other organizations, HabCorps and Autism MVP,...
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Brick Life
/ 7 months agoYear of First Lasts.
Once again, the year of first lasts. Last field day with Justin. Last IEP meeting for Justin. Last graduation for Justin,...
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Brick Life
/ 9 months agoMy Littlest Loves
My littlest, not so little, loves. Justin, my first-born, my made-me-a-mom-grown-up son. I love so many things about you. Your joy...
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Brick Life
/ 11 months agoNew Year’s Evolution
Yesterday I saw a post on Facebook by a friend. It was an image of a cat kicking the number “2023”...
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Brick Life
/ 12 months agoJust Get Out
As I’ve mentioned before, this is a year of “lasts.” Two weeks ago, my family, including my aunt and my mother,...
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Brick Life
/ 1 year agoHappy Halloween!
We walk over to my car after taking the required Halloween photos outside our front door, my twenty-year-old profoundly autistic son,...