About Me and the Crazies

The Hows and Whys

For a long time, we kept our family's many labels a secret from all but a few.  We were really afraid of the stigma and the embarrassment that would come with other people knowing our "problems".  This put a lot of unneeded and unnecessary stress on our shoulders.  We also were very down, to say the least, about the recent turn of unfortunate events (me losing my job, my husband's doctor having a heart attach and not being able to get in with any other doctor in time for him to keep up with his medication, etc) that struck our family.  This along with watching our 4 year old son who was having multiple daily meltdowns, was increasingly scared of people, noises, touches and many other things due to having Asperger Syndrome that our family almost broke.  Finally in December something changed.  We first off survived the end of the world, my husband and I celebrated our five year anniversary, and we had an amazing holiday season even though we all were sick, which made us turn over a new leaf and really view life a little differently. 

On New Year's Eve my husband and I were talking about the year's past events and how through it all we survived.  We had made it through what seemed like the worst of the worst and we were still standing on our feet.  In fact, even through those tough times there were some that were pretty funny when we looked back and thought about it. A few days later he said that he thought that I should blog about the good and funny events that our family experiences to help us to stop obsessing over the really stressful stuff.  I started writing short stories which he read and loved.  Since that time I started this blog and have had a blast doing it.  It is the most therapeutic thing I could have ever done for both myself and my husband.  My husband reads each writing before I post it, and we laugh, talk about it and think of other things for me to write in the future.

In making this blog, we were forced to face the labels.  To look at our family and love it in the good times and the very, very, very stressful and bad times.  AND more importantly to share it with others.  My husband's other goal was to help just one person or family that could possibly be in the same position that we were in this past year and to help them get through it and to look at the funny stuff to survive.  There is life after the labels, and that life is pretty amazing!

The Cast

Lisa - a.k.a. mommy, breather, writer, drinker of the margaritas. Bio:  Dog lover, cat lover, foodie, news junkie, travel bug, blogger, geochemist.

Husband - a.k.a. The hubs, hubbie, bipolar one, the crazy one.  Bio:  Dog lover, putter-upper with cats, motorcycle lover, travel bug, foodie, geologist.

Aspie - a.ka. My oldest, the 4 year old, mister smarty pants.  Bio:  Lover of trains, movies, lights, and Christmas, builder of trains, Lego's and most of our lamps in the house.

The baby - a.k.a  the baby.  Bio:  Likes bottles (bobees), Thomas the Tank Engine, Shrek and of course mommy.