: About Me

My passion is ...

(making) art. Sculpting, Painting, Drawing, Photography.

I know too much about ...

autism. Two of my four kids have Asperger's Syndrome.

My parents always told me ...

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly is to the bone!

My childhood ambition ...

To be a famous actress or singer.

My favorite memory ...

Standing on the Jersey Shore,as a very small child, and looking way down the beach and seeing the boardwalk rides jutting out over the water, and knowing that my parents were going to take my brothers and me there later that night.

Why I write ...

Because I want to leave something behind, as a mark that I existed.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Persuasion by Jane Austen

My first job ...

Publix Bakery

My best moment ...

When my husband asked me to marry him.

My inspiration ...

God

Health & Fitness > Autism Recognizing autism in toddlers

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Little ones are such a blessing. The way they coo and babble, the adorable little gestures they make, and the quirky little things they do melt a parent's heart. But how can you tell when baby's little quirks are more than just quirks? How does a parent know when a child is just "a titch off?" Autism is a sneaky little sucker, and it can blindside a parent. I still wear the footprint where autism kicked me in the head when I least expected it, when my firstborn daughter was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. I did not, however, let it ambush me again, when my fourth child began showing si...

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