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About me - Rosemary Mcclease

I am currently 54 and a divorced mum living with her 20 year old autistic son. Having made some stupid decisions over the last few years I have ended up living in rented premises and hating it. But wha can you do?

Being an only child, I was lucky enough to

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Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting (Other) The challenges faced by a mother
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Please don't call me a saint.I wish I had a dollar for every person who has tried to pin this label on me. I don't need it. I do however need their understanding and occasionally, their compassion.I am the mother of an autistic adult. At 20, my son is rapidly coming to terms with his disability. As a young child he was intros... More..

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Dragons
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Brianna picked up the small silver ornament on her dressing table and looked deep into the crystal that was nestled in and protected by its wings. Her mother had given it to her when she had graduated from school and it had occupied pride of place in her bedroom ever since."Chrysto please help me." These words prefaced every ... More..

Health & Fitness > Autism Autism
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Autism. There is a whole world of emotion embodied in such a small word.When my son was first diagnosed at around three and half years of age, no one in our family knew just what joy and pain that word would bring. First came the mourning of a life that would never be lived, then the acceptance that he was what he was and we ... More..

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Love
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I glanced at my watch. Again. It was almost time. I looked along the corridor and there he was. My breath caught in my throat as he came into view. Too late to tidy my hair and check my face, too late to gather some composure. He was there, at my desk."Good morning. You're in early again.""Yes" I sighed. "The trains are too b... More..

Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Relationships
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A Lonesome knight."The trouble with you, Miss Victoria Harding, is you have no idea of the forces you are dealing with."The way he emphasized her given name showed his disdain for the shortened form she preferred. Tori bit back a reply. What did it matter to him if she felt not at all like 'Victoria' and that the only people ... More..

Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Romance
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This was a really bad idea.Tori looked around the room filled with anamated women, laughing, talking and some drinking too much. All of them were eyeing the "Knights" circulating amongst the crowd. She wondered how on earth she had allowed Sue to talk her into coming here. Satin Knights, a place for a woman to be petted and p... More..

Other Grocery shopping horror stories
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The temper tantrum.Most mothers are familiar with their little angels becoming rabid, foaming at the mouth devils on occasions. Mostly it is because of that dreaded word "No", and most often it happens in the supermarket, in front of what seems like half the population. My own son, who has autism, tried it on at about five or... More..

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