Last week, I shared with you all about the Successful Day of the Level System. Today, I will be explaining the Successful Week. Once we had set up the system for days, it was fairly easy to add the weeks.Before we begin a new week, we decide on a reward that our dear one will … Continue reading A Successful Week →

A few weeks ago, I shared a level system that we have implemented in our home. I told you the basics of each tier of that system, but not the nitty gritty of how we track it and keep our dear one on board with pursuing his level goals. Here, I'm going to explain the … Continue reading A Successful Day →

Trusting God and looking for His beauty in the hardest of times. Blue skies shinin' on me...That's all that I could think of when I looked at these blossoms coming out in front of this gorgeous sky. I love the beauty of nature that is growing daily as spring unfolds. The rain, and wind, and … Continue reading Beauty In The Hardship →

It's striking to me this morning as I look at the Rule Board in our home. When I was a kid, the rules were not written. I knew them, I obeyed them, period. This is not the case for our boy. The rules are repeated constantly and forgotten - or disregarded - even more.Sometimes, it … Continue reading The Written Rules →

Looking up can be so hard when I feel like my family and I are stuck in a hole; but there is always hope! Our Father has given us many tools to use as helps in our surrender to His ways. We have struggled for years on how to encourage our boy to pursue his … Continue reading Level-Up →

When we come out of murky waters and rest on God's shores, He is faithful to cover us with His own cleanliness and make us beautiful with His Son's light. There I sat, my soul broken. The events of this night after all of the others were far too powerful for me. I begged God … Continue reading From Broken to Breathing →

It happened once more- my life looked like an episode of I Love Lucy or an MMA match with no rules. Nobody I know would believe it. Nobody I know would understand it. Everybody I know's comments would increase the sting of it. So, I hold it on my own shoulders- alone.Then it happens again... … Continue reading Somebody to Lean On →

When the question comes again and again... One of the very first tools that was effective for my boy was suggested by his art therapist. Does this sound familiar: you are having a great day when you pass the THING. That THING your child always wants. Be it food, the park, gum, or TV- you … Continue reading Asked and Answered →

'Twas almost Christmas and we'd just met Santa after a beautiful sleigh ride in the sunset. My boy was SO energized. All of the hustle and bustle of the elves and excited children was SO invigorating... and stimulating. It came time to leave.   We said goodbye to his friends who walked to their car … Continue reading Earth Angels →