When you're on the autism spectrum, it's hard to figure out where you belong. You live in a world that isn’t adapted for people who face physical and mental challenges. Growing up knowing your different is a struggle. You want to fit in, but you don’t want to hide who you are. There are ways to make sure that a child with autism can feel more accepted and more independent as they get older. Instead of using autism as an excuse, use it as an advantage. Embrace the difference

Jonathan Brandis started acting at a young age. He made his acting debut in One Life To Life as Kevin Buchanan in 1982. Prior to that, he was a child model. By the time the 1990s came, Jonathan was a teen heartthrob who appeared on covers of teen magazines and received thousands of fan mail. He was getting four thousand letters a week. In 1990, he portrayed Bill Denbrough in the television miniseries It , which also starred other well-known actors like John Ritter, Tim Reid

When someone wants validation, it means that they are looking for reassurance, recognition, or acceptance of their feelings, actions, or worth, often rooted in a natural desire for connection or a need to soothe insecurity. It's a way for them to be seen and heard. They want people to know they exist. Posting on social media about their everyday life and wanting likes and comments from people they may not know makes them feel less lonely since they feel like those people are

The woman who is known as the ketamine queen was sentenced to 15 years in her involvement in Matthew Perry’s death. She knew what she was doing and it led to the death of Matthew Perry. Imagine if she was involved in other overdoses, but her involvement in Matthew’s death is how she got caught. It’s about time that someone was held responsible for Matthew’s death. When she learned that it was the drugs she sold was the cause of Matthew’s death, she said she didn’t care and k

Aaron Carter’s career started when he was barely old enough to walk to school by himself. He wanted to perform and because of who his brother was, he was inspired to be just like him. As time went on and fame was coming in fast, Aaron had to experience things that no kid had to deal with at that age. There was so much happening to the point that Aaron had to take things in his own way. There was things going on within his family that made you think why they would put their k

Michael Dunahee was 4 years old when he disappeared from a playground in Victoria, British Columbia. There were no witnesses. It was like Michael disappeared into thin air. The Dunahee family was attending a flag football practice that Michael’s mother, Crystal, was part of. He asked to go across the parking lot to play on the playground. At first, Crystal was hesitant but allowed him if only he stayed at the playground until someone had come to get him. Within minutes, Micha

Things are heating up on 911 and I’m not talking about the fires. If you have been watching the show the last couple of weeks, you know that Eddie and Buck went to Nashville to take part in the Firefighter games that Bobby signed them up for just before he died and while travelling back to L.A by car, they run into a problem while making their way through New Mexico. They get ran off the road. Eddie lands in the hospital and Buck gets kidnapped. All is good and Buck gets save

People believe that the puzzle piece that symbolizes Autism doesn’t represent the condition at all because the puzzle piece makes it look like someone who is on the spectrum is “missing” a piece, makes them look like they're “incomplete” or that they're a “puzzle that needs to be solved. There have been times in history that organizations have tried to “cure” autism by changing the way someone is behaving, by turning something “negative” into a “positive.” Instead of embracin

People have theories about celebrity deaths. They assume that since the covid vaccines came out, celebrities have died because they got vaccinated. People will do anything to come up with some sort of negative thing about the vaccines. If you don’t want it, don’t get it. If a celebrity committed suicide because of mental health struggles, they were “murdered” because they knew too much about something so they were “murdered” to keep them quiet. One common theory among the “th

Ryan White was born in Kokomo, Indiana to his parents, Jeanne and Hubert White. Ryan as a sister named Andrea. In 1984, when Ryan was 13 years old, he was infected with HIV when he received a blood transfusion due to hemophilia, a hereditary blood coagulation disorder associated with the X chromosome, which causes even minor injuries to result in severe bleeding. Ryan was born with this and had endured countless transfusions since he was a baby. The doctors had given him 6 m

I’ve been watching 911 since the beginning and with a lot of the viewers of the show have seen the characters grow, mature and change over the course of the show, but what I find is that if someone doesn’t like a particular character or actor on the show, they will find reasons not to like them in their personal life. There are some hardcore fans that try to bash Tommy and say that he’s always been the same and he’s never really changed as a person. They still think that Tomm

Imagine living in a space that was barely big enough for a family of four, let alone for eight people. That was the reality for Anne Frank and her family for two years during World War 2. The Frank family were Jewish and to be able to stay safe, they hid in the secret annex which was located at the back of Anne’s father, Otto’s business. They had invited another family and a family friend to stay with them. Anne had to share a room with someone she hardly knew while her siste

I have a theory about Oliver Platt’s character in Flatliners.

I don't know where the time went, but I know he's always around. No matter where I go, he's there.

Recently, I received a message on Facebook asking if I was interested in a 20 th high school reunion. It came out of nowhere from a person who I haven’t seen since high school and haven’t talked to since elementary school. I didn’t respond and deleted the message; I also denied his friend request. We never hung out during class or outside of school. We knew the same people since but didn’t run in the same circle. I never thought of him as a friend. The reason I didn’t respon

In June of 2001, Andrea Yates was left alone with her 5 children, something that her husband, Rusty and the people in her life were advised not to do. Due to her history of struggling with her mental health, her doctor instructed that she was to be supervised at all times. Within the hour of Rusty leaving for work and before her mother in law was due to show up, Andrea drowned her 5 children. Her youngest daughter, Mary, was just a few months old. Andrea took Paul, Luke and J

The show is about mother and daughter Bonnie and Christy who are on their journey to sobriety. Both women have similar experiences when it comes to addiction. Bonnie grew up in foster care whereas Christy spent a lot of her childhood caring for her mother thru her addiction and not knowing where she was a lot of the time which eventually led her to her own addiction. The cycle continues when Christy has kids of her own and they experience their own childhood of addiction. Thr

I hope everyone had a happy and healthy holiday season. Wishing you all good things in 2026.

If you have any book suggestions, please let me know. I'm interested in finding a new book or book series.

What is the one Christmas movie you can watch over and over again?

Being sad around the holidays is common. The weather is dark and grey. The days are shorter and you don’t get out of the house as much as you would if the weather was warm and sunny. It’s okay to feel stuck or in a funk. Everyone goes through it. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that's related to changes in seasons — SAD begins and ends at about the same times every year. If you're like most people with SAD, your symptoms start in the fall and continu

Dealing with family during the holidays is stressful. There are family members that you don’t want to deal with because of things they’ve said and done in the past so it’s understandable that you don’t want to be around them during the holidays, but how do you say no to those family members when they want to see you and want to visit on Christmas. You feel guilty for saying no, but you know that you have to protect your mental health. They will probably use “Its Christmas, it

Social anxiety is hard at any time of the year, but the holidays make it worse since there is a lot going on. Some people thrive on being busy and doing a million things at once, but there are other people who tend to freeze when it comes to just stepping into a store on Christmas eve. Christmas is crazy and intense and if you are someone who struggles with anxiety, it can seem like the holidays will never end. You have to try and make the best of it and know that it’s going

Everyone has the same idea to go away for the holidays, especially if you live in a cold climate and want to go somewhere that’s warm. As much as we would love to be able to pack up and go somewhere where we can spend all day on the beach, there’s things to consider. I don’t want to discourage you from planning a trip, if that’s really what you want to do, but you have to think about not only where you want to go, but the financial part of it. You have to think about how many