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My Least Favorite Child Today

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted.  A few people who wondered why I stopped sharing the daily Least Favorite results between my twin boys, Arthur and Charles.

The simple explanation is that we suspected and confirmed that Arthur is autistic.  It takes a while to accept and announce to others that you have a child with special needs. And it didn’t seem right to compare the boys when they were clearly on different levels in terms of interacting with me.  You know the old saying; you can’t compare apples and oranges.

After more than a year it occurred to me that the apples and oranges saying is such crap!  Why can’t I compare apples and oranges?  If I’m holding an apple and notice that it’s red, then look at an orange and think, “Hey, that orange is not red like the apples is!” then I just compared them. …

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