Stories By Kimberlee Rutan McCafferty
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Brick Life
/ 8 years agoJust Get Out
My husband Jeff and I have two sons, an almost fourteen-year-old and a ten-year-old, both with autism. My eldest is on...
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Brick Life
/ 8 years agoPractice What You Preach
Practice what you preach. The words came unbidden to my mind this weekend as I watch my eldest son, who has...
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Brick Life
/ 8 years agoOur Normal
I know. You’re in the middle of what’s been called “siege mode,” and it’s hell. You don’t know if your son...
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Brick Life
/ 8 years agoThe Marathon
I stretch luxuriously on my couch, book finished, contemplating my next snack as I lumber to my feet. I do a...
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Brick Life
/ 8 years agoBest Laid Plans
We turn into the driveway of the church parking lot accompanied by the slight whine of discontent of my eldest son,...
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Brick Life
/ 8 years ago100th Day
It came home in your folder today, the flyer with the fun graphics from your even more fun teacher touting “100...
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Brick Life
/ 8 years agoJust Do It
He sits quietly between me and his father, staring straight ahead as I attempt to engage him. I ask him if...
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Brick Life
/ 8 years agoThe Waiting Game
Finally, a chance to breathe. I know. It snuck up on you, didn’t it? It came to call after you’d gone...
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Brick Life
/ 8 years agoA Call to Action Part Two
I am overwhelmed. I know, I usually write fairly positive missives about our family’s life with autism, but right now, at...
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Brick Life
/ 8 years agoA Call to Action
Editor’s note: I’ve written the following letter in response to an email I received from my son’s private school director regarding...