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About me - Amanda Knapp

I am a mother to two children.

Allyson is 9 years old and is about to enter the 3rd grade.

Ian is 5 and is entering Kindergarten, he was diagnosed with PDD-nos, which falls under the Autism Spectrum, last December. So I have been very busy trying to find out

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Friendship: 6 of 273

My Guiding Angel She came in the form of dreams Almost didn't recognize her for what she was She brought me to my knees In my darkest hour She made me see My life in her mirrors So clearly I believe If not for her I'd still be lost It's been a long road One not so deserted For she has been there To lead me on my way Holding ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Physical abuse: 4 of 102

Never Understand How do you make him understand No amount of light, can throw out the dark Covering all of everything experienced, to come Black as night without a candle, to see the way. There is no fix Time isn't always on the side of what was, Will always seem to be what is to come Holding the tears at bay, is the only wa...
Health & Fitness > Autism Living with autism: 1 of 20

From the very beginning I knew there was something "special" about Ian. And when I say "beginning" I mean from pregnancy. He was my second child so his was not my first pregnancy. I had feeling of euphoria, tho I did not know that is what I was experiencing. I would just describe it as a deep feeling of love and happiness fo...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Domestic violence: 117 of 142

Abuse I left you with only what could fit in a blazer, the son that we made, the one that I raised. Left My daughter behind because of a state line, preventing me from taking her, to the only place I had to go. All of this because you had to have that fix, an addiction more important then the family you claimed to love. It w...