As we journeyed to Williams school, I was overwhelmed by the multitude of memories flooding my mind. Back when he first navigated 9th grade with such enthusiasm and optimism contrasted sharply against trying times where I had to accompany my daughter home after she was passing out – incidents which evoked profound hurt as her […]
Emergency Room on A Saturday Night
Taking your child with Autism to the ER is never easy. Around this time every year, we usually get a boil that needs lancing. William handles it like a trooper and he can move on from it. But in the last two years, We have been through a Pilonidal cyst, and repetitive boils under his […]
Bringing William’s Dreams to Life
William First Train Ride
It Was Time To Leave The Only Job I Knew
It’s been difficult for me to reconcile the fact that I left my teaching assistant job after six years. It was an emotionally tough decision that I had to make. My ex-husband’s voice still lingered in my head, thinking that if I left my job, I was a quitter. But this was different. Working in […]
About Me
Hi, I’m Sandy and this is my son William. I started “Make Hay After The Son Shines” after leaving my job as a Teachers Assistant in the Autism Support classroom, to be my son’s paid caregiver after he finished high school. I am really good at advocating from my own life experience, as well as […]