Meet the rollercoasters....that's us!

Well, I guess it's time to start a blog....honestly, I never really got the point of these things, they almost seemed like a way for people just to get attention. With that being said, you should probably know why I am even writing this. Lets start over, my name is Charlene and I am the mom of 2 awesome little kiddos. Side note, they both are Special Needs.

 Brenden is my oldest, he is 9 and was diagnosed with mild Autism at the age of 2. Brenden in a nutshell is the sweetest little boy ever, and yes, I am biased being his mom, but trust me it's true. I'll get into that more later though.

 OK, now for my baby girl Cali, she is actually kinda impossible to explain. She is severely Autistic and Epileptic, non-verbal and basically like the eternal child. All things considered, she is full of smiles, giggles, and love. 

Now that we have established the "get to know you's", back to why I'm blogging. It's simple, I'm a single mom, I work 40+ hours a week, and I have 2 pretty unique kids. No day is ever the same, it's never mundane, and I never know what to expect when I wake up in the morning and frankly, I wouldn't have it any other way. I was finding that with all the crazy stories I was always sharing at work, I started 
thinking that I wasn't recording them anywhere. And besides having awesome blackmail on my kids for later on in life, I wanted to have these stories for me. I thought about keeping a journal, but lets be honest, that was never gonna happen, and facebook just wasn't fitting the bill, so here I am, starting a blog...geez that sounds so lame. I'm sure in a few years I'll look back at this and totally mock the dorky past me, but meh, it works for now.

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Well, yay, it's about time. Having a blog will help so many people that may find themselves in a position where more than one of their children is on the spectrum, where they work a full week plus have special needs children. Life is all about learning and it would be a waste for you not to share it and help the many parents out there that find themselves in your situation one day, even if it's just a chuckle of recognition when you post something that they have gone through. As always, give Cali the bounciest, tightest of squeezes and Bren the coolest of high 5's. Miss you all.
July 3, 2017 at 11:07 PM
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