Susan Senator

I am on the plane now, with 5 hours to go. I don’t feel up to this. I do have a row to myself, at least, and so I guess I’ll sleep. I am sad to leave L.A.; I had a really great time. I feel like I want to live out here where it is warm and friendly. Boston is neither. But Boston has become my home for the last 20 years.

With Nat almost into adulthood (post-22) we are no longer as chained to our town. I think about how moving always seemed like it would be a total nightmare, because town by town special education is different. But post-22, it sucks everywhere, so you might just decide to live in L.A. and find housing for your darling there. There is the little B to think of. Pretty sure Max is going off to college year after next so he is less rooted to where we are.

B will never want to move. I don’t blame him.

He is so cute, I miss him terribly and his pencil-smelling hair.

I did a ton of work on my book, thanks to Mom’s feedback. Now I think this is really the title, at least for today:

Autism Mom: How to Take Care of Yourself, Your Kids, Find Your Sanity, and Not Lose Your Way

A little toothsome, but the book is more about not losing your way than it is about “fun.” I could never do a book just about how do you have fun. I have whole years where I’m not having fun! I try not to be a hypocrite.

But stay tuned; you never know what the marketing department is going to think. They might slap “fun” on the title, but you, my dear community, will know the truth.

By the way, I don’t have the answer, but I do have a lot of other parents’ wisdom to share.