Frazzled Mum

The Challenges of Autism

Little Man has autism. Actually, I’d rather say he lives with Special Abilities or Interesting Quirks. People frown upon the word Autism and immediately judge. Someone actually said to me last week “Well, there’s a lot of it about”. Another comment from someone else was “I’m sure he’ll grow out of it!”. So I’ve found […]

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Wilting Sunflower

The Truth Hurts

Yesterday, I was talking to someone about how I’m an “old” mum. We’d previously been talking about how my daughter was 12. The lady said “How old were you when you had your youngest?”. I said “39”. She replied “Oh! You only look about 46 or 47!”. She seemed quite pleased with herself for the compliment. My youngest is 5. I’m only 43. I died a little inside.

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