The calling
I've never actually thought of myself as a writer per se. Several years ago, my friend encouraged me to start a blog about what it's like to be an autism mama. She thought maybe some people might like to hear what I had to say about my journey, my walk, with autism. And so I did. I'm an avid reader, but that doesn't make me qualified to write . I've always loved writing, I was the editor of our yearbook in high school, wrote for the school paper, etc. Essays were my favorite kind of tests. I excel with words. I think it has something to do with talking so much. But I've never taken a class on writing, on grammar, on where punctuation should go and stuff. As a substitute teacher I have found myself googling the most basic of grammar questions because I just forgot all of those endless rules. I always tell the students, "Listen, it's been about 100 years since I was in 4th grade." And sometimes it feels like just ...