- Denise
- This is more of a photo scrapbook and a place to write (and vent) my thoughts and feelings and brag about my grandkids.. I am a 60 something wife, mom & grandma. I've been married to my best friend Walt since 1977. The most important thing in my life is family. We have been blessed with some great kids, our daughter Kayci, son Cody, our awesome grandson Jesse, our precious granddaughters Cassandra and Chelsea and our newest grandson John. We are currently raising our grandson Jesse and dealing with things such as Autism & ADHD. We have lived in northern Arizona for most of the last 35 years and love it here. We've had our ups & downs ~ but life is good... I'll add a little here - my sweetheart and best friend Walt passed away unexpectedly January 8, 2014. He will be missed by many.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Jesse/Autism
As you probably know, our grandson Jesse has been diagnosed with Autism. He's very "high functioning", is mainstreamed into a regular classroom, and is very intelligent. He is socially immature, but does have friends to play with. Things are always interesting around here.. and never boring. We love his little quirks - he wants to know everything about everything, is very much into maps and locations ( he can tell me how to get to Aunt Colleen's in Missouri or my friend Laurie's in South Dakota), or how to get to the cabin and back from our house (or Papa's house or Uncle Danny's house), he loves to watch the weather channel and the News and can tell you what's going on all over the world. Jesse collects Hot Wheels cars and loves to line them up all over the counter. He has his bad days (don't we all?) but we love everything about our little guy. Life will never be boring wherever Jesse is. Even with his challenges, Jesse is one AWESOME kid.
A must read:
Ten Things Every Child With Autism Wishes You Knew by Ellen Notbohm
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