Hello,

Courage.  I did it again.

I usually am so afraid of doing the wrong thing that I do nothing, and so miss the opportunity to do good.

It may not have done any good, but I did what seemed right and good.  And afterwards, I was glad.

Thank you

2012

Yes, I know January is almost gone.  But in case you haven't noticed, I don't blog every day so I'm just now getting some things posted.  (Not that I don't want to blog more.  I just don't have the time.)

I have been thinking about this year and what I want it to hold.  I don't make resolutions, but try to create new patterns and habits.  

This year I want to be especially sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit; and then courageous to do or be or say what He leads me to do and be and say.  This (non)resolution has already led me to do a few things that I might have been scared to do a few years ago.

Courage.

"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but He has given us a spirit of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control."   2Timothy 1:7(Amplified)

Diet changes

I haven't talked about the SBP diet for several months, so I thought I'd let you know how things are going and where we are...

The diet made some difference in their behavior and progress, but not enough to offset the social isolation we started to feel.  We were not being ostracized, but we were having to turn down invitations and avoid certain social activities in order to stay on track with the diet.  There is already a certain amount of isolation felt by families with kids on the autism spectrum: embarrassment over meltdowns, kids not adjusting well to new situations/people, that feeling of different-ness from others...all leading to the feeling that it's just easier to avoid those situations.  

So we will continue to stick to the diet at home, but we will go out to eat with people and go to parties, etc.

"There's no place like...grandma's house"

If you come to my house you won't see perfect.  But my family is more important than my house. And the inside of ME is more important than the inside of my house. 

However, I probably won't invite many people to my house until I can get some major cleaning and organizing done.

I just don't know how to get my house to a clean state and keep it that way.  I may not be able to do that right now.  There are limits to my time and energy and the house is not always my top priority these days.  It might bother me that the walls of every room have some artwork on them, but I will not stress about it.  (At least, not all the time.)

Giving a little grace to myself.  And if I come to your house, you won't hear me complaining about dust or a messy room.