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by Tammy Soong November 12, 2011 – Posted in: Cancer Sucks, Grief, Growing Up, Momless, Newt, Personal Insanity, Sappy Tammy

I've been sad a lot this week. Some of it has to do with my son, Newt, turning nine years old. All I can think is that nine is half of eighteen, so mathematically speaking, we're half done (although in reality, I'm sure he'll be sick of me long before that). And then there's the [...]

The Sappy Doesn’t Fall Far from the Tree (Crying it Out Before the Boy’s Ninth Birthday)

by Tammy Soong November 7, 2011 – Posted in: Growing Up, Newt, Parenting, Personal Insanity, Sappy Tammy

Tonight it dawned on me that Newt, my "little guy," is going to be 9-years-old in less than a week.Newt was lying on his bed and doing the usual -- drawing comics -- when I had this realization, announced it with a dramatic, "Oh my gosh!" and then proceeded to feign tears into the sweatshirt [...]

The Artist Presently Known as Newt

by Tammy Soong October 23, 2011 – Posted in: Crazy Tammy, Elfie, Homework, Newt, Personal Insanity, School, Sundays in My City, The Kids are Killing Me, Writing

Sunday started out so well. The kids and I slept in (my husband’s working -- lately it feels like that’s all he does). The kids ate dry cereal for breakfast so I didn’t even have to make anything. And I read the paper while they read books. It was dreamy.Photo by PartlySunnyThen I gave them [...]

Peeling the Onion, Part 5: Desperation and the Autism Parent

by Tammy Soong October 14, 2011 – Posted in: Autism -- The Handbook, Autism Recovery, Newt, Newt's Story, Personal Insanity

This is an ongoing series about my 8-year-old son, Newt, who was diagnosed with high-functioning autism when he was three. Since that time, he's tested off the spectrum. We think some of this is why. . .Okay, I'm going to try to make this quick because I've sort of been feeling like crap. Which kind [...]

Shirt Hunting — and Other Saturday Morning Sports

by Tammy Soong October 8, 2011 – Posted in: Cleaning, Crazy Tammy, First World Problems, Forgetting, Newt, The Kids are Killing Me, Worst Mom Rants

Despite all evidence to the contrary, I don't like rushing around like a crazy person. I like being prepared the night before, having enough time to get ready, and then walking out the door in a controlled, leisurely fashion. And even though I try so very hard to do this every single day, it practically [...]

Peeling the Onion, Part 4: For Autistic Kids, It’s all in the Details

by Tammy Soong October 7, 2011 – Posted in: Autism -- The Handbook, Autism Recovery, Newt, Newt's Story, Personal Insanity

This is an ongoing series about my 8-year-old son, Newt, who was diagnosed with high-functioning autism when he was three. Since that time, he's tested off the spectrum. We think some of this is why. . . So yesterday I was at my friend's house -- the friend who basically got our family in the [...]

Third Grade Lessons on the C-Word

by Tammy Soong October 4, 2011 – Posted in: Kid Friends, Mouths of Babes, Newt, Okay That's Funny, Personal Insanity

We've tried pretty hard not to cuss around the kids. In part because my now-8-year-old son, Newt, had a mimicking issue as a younger child. When he started saying, "Shit," we blamed it on my mom. When he pointed out the semi "Frucks" -- with a very soft "r" -- as we were driving down [...]

Peeling the Onion, Part 3: Get of the Autism Comfort Cocoon

by Tammy Soong September 29, 2011 – Posted in: Autism -- The Handbook, Autism Recovery, Newt, Newt's Story, Parenting, Personal Insanity

This is an ongoing series about my 8-year-old son, Newt, who was diagnosed with high-functioning autism when he was three. Since that time, he's tested off the spectrum. We think some of this is why. . .One of the first things you hear about autistic children is that they're "inflexible." There are stories upon horror [...]

Peeling The Onion, Part 1 — Step Away from the TV

by Tammy Soong September 15, 2011 – Posted in: Autism -- The Handbook, Autism Recovery, Newt, Newt's Story, Parenting, Personal Insanity

Some of you know that my 8-year-old son, Newt, was diagnosed with high-functioning autism/Asperger's syndrome when he was 3. He's since tested off the spectrum, and at age 6, we held our breath as he walked into 1st grade without anyone knowing his history. It's pretty much been business as usual for the last two [...]

Where Have All the White People Gone?

by Tammy Soong September 9, 2011 – Posted in: Conservatives are Funny, Elfie, Media, Mouths of Babes, Newt, Personal Insanity, Politics, World Gone Crazy, Writing

So Newt and Elfie have taken a sudden interest in politics (I have no idea how that happened), and the stuff that's been coming out of their mouths lately has been, well, enlightening. The other day, Elfie made a rather astute observation about Republicans and evil aliens. Apparently now it's Newt's turn.Yesterday, we were watching [...]