Is It Business as Usual This Summer or is Your Neurodiverse Family Chilling?
Our family is NOT typical. We need to rest this summer, and I'm grateful that we can.
We're back from my dad's cabin upstate, and I'm trying to get a lot done this week so I can float in the pond when we're back there again next week!
A daily gratitude practice is like floating in a cool, clear pond of oxytocin. If I float long enough, maybe I’ll become a sponge.
How's your summer so far? 😎
I asked Ocean's dentist (who I need to write a blog post about because he's the Besel van der Kolk of pediatric dentistry).
He replied as many parents do:
"My kids are in camp, and I'm working. That's it."
I know this business-as-usual experience of summer is typical, and felt a tiny twinge of guilt thinking about the way I've orchestrated this summer... and then I let that shit go (especially when I saw the bill!)
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