Recent Posts Tagged With 'fathers of autistic children'

• Jilly Nines and the Tooth Fairy

  Posted on Sunday February 1st, 2009 at 08:02 in tooth fairy, jilly nines, fathers of autistic children, father's advice, autistic children and loose teeth

  “Daddy?”“Yes, Jilly?”“Could you make more stars so the sky at night would be whiter?”“Sure, Jilly. Where should we start?”“I need to see more stars from my bedroom window.”“Okay.”“Daddy?”“Yes, Jilly?”“My loose tooth ...

• My Father's Advice - To Share with Jilly Nines

  Posted on Friday November 21st, 2008 at 19:41 in fathers of autistic children, father's advice

  When I was a boyMy dad said to me.Go out in the yardAnd climb up a tree.And while you're up thereTake a good look around.Then when it gets dark,Come back down to the ground....

• Jilly Nines - Tightrope Walker

  Posted on Saturday September 20th, 2008 at 20:26 in risk, surfing, autism, balance, rewind, wipeout, fathers of autistic children, autism and surfing

  Jilly and I were walking into town from our home taking a road we call Surf Lane. The road is very bumpy, not paved, and the potholes (Jilly calls them pothowls) the potholes remind us of waves on the beach. . . When we walk on the road we sometimes ...

• Rhyme Time

  Posted on Wednesday September 10th, 2008 at 11:25 in 1960s music, autistic child, the trashmen, jilly nines, garrett records, fathers of autistic children, surfin' bird, rock music and autism

  Jilly Nines played rhyme-time at school yesterday and two words must have stuck in her memory because she came home singing, "bird, word, bird, word. . . word, bird."It reminded me of the very first 45 rpm record that I bought which was Surfin' Bird...