Superhero Princess

Last Saturday night was the eighth Annual Superhero Center for Autism's Masquerade Ball.  It was Amanda and my third Masquerade Ball. It was a great night.  Amanda did a great job coordinating it.  I didn't have much of a role except for doing a few small errands for Amanda. It was a good night, but we were worried about it.  Why?  Because our first ball, we spent time talking to other autism parents and meeting some close friends.  Our second ball, we spent watching a video memorializing Dree Bear.  For our third ball, we are out of the shock we were in two months after losing Audrey.  We couldn't leave early like the first two since,  Amanda was in charge of the thing.  But why did she and I take seats on the board of directors last year?  The easy answer is for Audrey's memory.  I took Audrey's birthday off work last year, and did some small maintenance things at the center in her memory.  Shortly after that, we both we...

Today is my mom's 70th birthday.   We've all had birthdays since Audrey has gone.  Today is the first milestone birthday.  Yesterday, I told my mom, "I can't believe you are going to be 70 tomorrow."  She guffawed at it.  Yeah, I probably should have let with something else.  I can't take back what I said, but if it were up to Audrey, she would have skipped right over 70.  (She didn't like 6,7,8- she went counted 1,2,3,4,5,9,10). As some of us have already had out 2nd birthdays without Audrey, I don't want to feel disconnected.  So, Grandma, Audrey wishes you a happy birthday.  She loves you so much.  Audrey couldn't verbally articulate all the things that make you a great grandma.  She couldn't tell you thank you for dressing up for Encanto for her.  She couldn't say thank you for making her feel loved.  She couldn't say thank you for always including her.  But even though it came out as "Woo," You know what she...