The other day I had the professional organiser Elaine round and as usual the time spent with her was unique, personal and special.

Due to unforeseen circumstances we haven’t been able to finish the books so they will be produced next year instead.

I give you permission to be, The person you never knew, The one shut up inside you, Not daring to make a move.

There are two types of Anticipation I believe - when you expect something good or something bad. For example you can look forward to a birthday party, or you can dread a letter.

“Cuddles are the best, aren’t they? She said with a smile on her face. Nothing better than being a friend. And getting the cuddles you need.

There is a common reality that nearly all parents/carers/guardians of autism face. I don’t know if you know but there is often a problem with people on the spectrum regarding food.

I don’t know if I have told you that one of the things I enjoy is watching wedding things on tv. And sometimes they can be stressful because of the person.

Johnathan wanted me to talk about getting moving. When you want someone on the autistic spectrum to move.

The dove of peace comes flying in, With an olive branch in his beak, Early in the morning to hear, Now there’s nothing bad to fear.

One of the things I have discovered as a positive thing about myself, I guess, is that I tend to contemplate on a lot of things.

There are so many people on the spectrum that are good with learning science, indeed for some like Einstein was and that I am grateful for all the work he did for science.

We have been having a challenging time recently with Johnathan. Kevin came up with 3 things that Johnathan needs to do to be good.

I thought I would say something about returning to normality again (well, back to whatever normality is for me) and so back to my writing life.

I wanted to write a bit here first before I introduced you to the poem You Can Always Say “No!” The word no can be extremely powerful.

We were actually quite fortunate when Johnathan was born, because I half expected him to be autistic (there is autism in my family) and I believe Kevin is probably on the spectrum too.

I have been thinking about our relationship and I would say it’s actually beginning to get better, in spite of the double stay in the hospital.

There is so much we can think about in our day that is actually rather critical. And we can talk to ourselves about things we think we know about ourselves. But that doesn’t mean that is true.

There is so much we can think about in our day that is actually rather critical. And we can talk to ourselves about things we think we know about ourselves. But that doesn’t mean that is true.

Today I had a, let me say an unusual predicament. I had a line of one of my poems and each word was lined up nicely on the left hand side.

One of the things I wanted to talk about was something that happened to us this morning. It’s been something we have been dealing with for quite some time.