All posts tagged "catatonia"
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoGo with Your Gut
It all started so slowly, so insidiously, I barely noticed. In late October of 2017, there was the repetitive movement of...
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoDear Universe
Dear Universe, Okay. You win. Here’s the thing Universe. Whether you acknowledge it or not it’s time to cut this family...
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoThe Shift
It’s June, time for another round of “endings.” I know most people view December as “the big cahuna.” This...
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoOne More Try
Your “eeees” resound throughout the farm, and I smile to know how excited you are to show off your horseback riding...
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Featured
/ 5 years agoIn the Moment
As you speedily unwrap and liberate the toy from its imprisoning box your smile bursts forth followed by a deep-throated, fifteen-year-old...
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoHappy Birthday Boy
Last week you turned fifteen. It happened to be field day at your school, and your smile when you saw me...
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoThe Space Between
Dear Moms, If you’re reading this in your voluminous amounts of spare time, perhaps your son has just been diagnosed at...
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoThe Other Shoe
His “eees” resound throughout the living room, punctuated by small silences that make me look anxiously toward him and gratefully away...
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Brick Life
/ 5 years agoJust Get Help
Ah, the silence. It is the first day back after spring break, and I am reveling in the absence of sound,...
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Brick Life
/ 6 years agoPractice What You Preach
For the last five months we’ve been watching our severely autistic son have “episodes,” interludes in which he bends over at...