This one’s a keeper
Iman drew me a kimono-wearing cat, complete with fan, princess crown, and parasol.  AWESOMENESS! MashaAllah 🙂
Islam, Autism, Mom-ism.
Iman drew me a kimono-wearing cat, complete with fan, princess crown, and parasol.  AWESOMENESS! MashaAllah 🙂
Iman: “Momma, if we don’t feed Marty, he’ll die.  Then, he’ll turn into grass and antelope will eat him.  That’s the circle of life.” 😀
Why yes, I am blogging about Batman.  Excuse me, I think my geek is showing. In this day and age superheroes have their own sort of mythology, and they are the modern equivalent of demi-gods in our shared popcultural experience. They have devoted followers, fanatics…
This video offers advice for hairstylists to help give children with autism less traumatising haircuts.  I really wish it had been produced four years ago.  Getting Khalid’s hair cut used to be as terrible for the stylist as it was for him, and he’d cry so hard…
DPO, my former boss, asked me an interesting question yesterday. Â He asked me whether I could consider the creation of another version of myself, one that had my existing strengths, none of my existing weaknesses, and all of the skills she needed to get what…
Iman: Momma, all birds lay eggs- Me: That’s right, very good… Iman: -except for tigers. Me: Iman, tigers are not birds. Iman: What about bats? Me: No, they’re not birds even though they fly. They don’t have feathers. They’re kind of like flying mice. Iman: But…
Musfira will be turning two next week, and the older she gets, the more creative and amazing her attempts to escape from nap-time become. I put her down for a nap at 12:00. Â At 12:15, she desperately cried out “Momma, Ow!” I rushed to the…
Iman drew a picture of HF today- a bearded, bespectacled figure with square glasses, big eyebrows, and a happy smile. Also, a crown and an icecream cone in each hand. Gorgeously accurate. 🙂