Stories By Kimberlee Rutan McCafferty
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Brick Life
/ 9 years agoHow Far
He grabs my arm with urgency, stopping me in the middle of washing a frying pan I didn’t really want to...
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Brick Life
/ 9 years agoNew School Year Transition Tips for Autistic Children
Summer vacation is ending all too fast, and before we know it those bright yellow school busses will be darting through...
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Brick Life
/ 9 years agoYin and Yang
The other day, I got cocky with autism. You have to understand, when it comes to Justin and any kind of...
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Brick Life
/ 9 years agoWhatever We Can
I hold you as you sob, my arms wrapped tightly around your torso, as behind me your father holds your hands...
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Brick Life
/ 9 years agoFind Your Calm
A few weeks ago I wrote about my week in paradise (again, don’t hate me, had not been away for three...
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Brick Life
/ 9 years agoWhere He Is
We sway in slight staccato, my boy’s arms wrapped tightly around my waist, his left cheek flush with my right. We...
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Brick Life
/ 9 years agoMake New Friends
This past weekend I had the great fortune to have dinner with a couple of my “autism mommy friends,” an evening...
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Brick Life
/ 9 years agoRewind
The laugh roars up from his belly, a hearty chuckle we haven’t heard in weeks. My son is sitting on my...
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Brick Life
/ 9 years agoJust Be
I just returned from a week in paradise. Please don’t hate me. Last week my husband and I spent a week...
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Brick Life
/ 9 years agoGet Out
Recently I spent twenty-four glorious hours in DC, my former stomping grounds of fifteen years. I ate Indian food, and spent...