The Speed of Dark - A book review (and some clarification)

First off let me clarify from my last post. My hair is NOT completely white and when I said that there is just a little bit of color left in it I meant the color that came from a box. I still have quite a bit of darker hair that is up there with the gray. I WISH I could go straight to white overnight but unfortunately that's not going to happen. Okay now that's out of the way...

I've been reading a bit lately and there's one that I just absolutely loved.

The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon

This book is about an autistic man, Lou Arrendale, who is presented with the chance be "cured" of his Autism. It is set in the future where Autism is cured in the womb and Lou is in a group of the few adult Autists left and the new manager of their area wants them to be part of a test group to see if adults who have Autism can be cured.

As the mother of a child who has Autism this was an amazing read for me. Ms. Moon is able to climb inside the brain of an Autist and presents him in a way that helped me learn more about my own son and others who have this struggle.

There is a part in there where Lou is contemplating the story in the Bible where Jesus heals the man at the Pool of Bethesda. It is insightful, amazing, touching and incredibly thought provoking.

If you have a child that has Autism or if you know someone that has Autism this may be a book you want to pick up.

The last part of the book was incredibly hard for me to read and I was in tears on the last two pages because Lou's story runs very parallel to my own son's and what he wants to do with his life.

I'm sure this book isn't for everyone but I found it an intriguing look into the life of this man and into Autism. I think that you will too.

Young at heart if not in hair

When I posed this question the other day it was because it's been something that's been on my mind.

When I was in college I started coloring my hair. I wanted to try different colors. For a long time I stayed with Red. But I've tried pretty much every color. At first the coloring was just to be able to "change things up" whenever I would get bored with my hair. Then I started to find the silver.

Yes silver. My mom's head is covered by beautiful white hair, so is her mom's and so is her sister's. I love my mom's hair. It's really beautiful. She's had it since I was young. In fact I have very few memories of her before her hair turned white. (She had me when she was in her 30's.)

Then the hair coloring turned from "changing things up" to "covering the gray". And I found that I'm fighting a losing battle so I decided to go "au natural" and embrace my platinum roots.

I cut my hair short in order to make the growing out process easier. I am now at the point where one more cut and my hair will be color free and I'm not sure how I feel about it.

I want to like myself the way I am. I really do. And I was struggling with my "aging" until I saw this story on the Today show.

Rare ailment makes girl, 13, look like she’s 50

After seeing that story I am able to remind myself that I am blessed to be aging the way that I am. That it's okay to be getting older.

I will embrace my gray/platinum and the slight wrinkles around my eyes, yes I will.

I can still be young at heart.

She is Love

Another one of my favorite songs right now. And very fitting for this month. Enjoy....She is love by Parachute.