The purple plates are here!
Okay, so yeah, you might be saying, “Sorta crazy thing to be excited about.” But you see, that’s where the fun is… being excited about the crazy, silly things, like getting purple plates so when your son empties the dishwasher and puts the plates in color spectrum order he has the ENTIRE spectrum!
Or looked at another way… it is good for mental health, for Jimmy Buffett did say, in my all-time favorite song, “If we weren’t all crazy we would go insane.” from Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
If this still doesn’t make sense, you can read the post that inspired the purple plates.
Just having some fun with my day. Hope you are too!
I think that’s so cool. If mine would empty the dishwasher I’d get him whatever color he’d like!
He is the Director of Dishwasher Management and this is a perk of that position!
That is soo awesome! So glad you found my blog so that I can now read yours!
Hi AspieSide! The pleasure is mine as well. It is wonderful to be part of a community that is focused on Aspergers, a subject so dear to my heart.
I have just read my way through your “educating Teddy” series, and can’t imagine the level of frustration and stress the issues with schools and teachers must have caused you. I suppose their behaviour was symptomatic of our society’s attitude, that we set expectations towards others and judge them if they don’t meet them, rather than try to help or understand. It’s reassuring to hear of the people you came across who did understand and tried to help. I hope our whole society will develop in that direction.
It’s lovely to hear how well things turned out for you and Teddy. I don’t know much about Asperger’s and don’t know whether your son can ever appreciate what you went through. But now that he has purple plates he will at least be building you your personal rainbow. Rather, two rainbows, facing red to red, just as you will find in nature.
What a wonderful message to find. Thank you for your kind words. I love Ted and felt it was my duty to do all that I could for him, what I would hope every mother would do for her child. It was at times exasperating as I could not understand why people had such trouble bending and flexing but it was also “educating Charlotte” as it took much patience and understanding to finally learn that is just how some people are. Not all of us do try to help or understand, and I try to accept that, but even with that acceptance I still chose to not have them in my life any longer than I have to!
I have perhaps a fuller appreciation of those who are empathetic and sensitive to the differences among us and it is those people I CHERISH and EMBRACE!
“But now that he has purple plates he will at least be building you your personal rainbow. Rather, two rainbows, facing red to red, just as you will find in nature.” And he does still, each and every time he unloads the dishwasher and I will think of these words when I see those rainbows.
Thank you for stopping by and the for the time you spent with me, I see that as an honor.
Charlotte
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Did he like them?
But of course!!! And a year later, the plates are still arranged in FULL spectrum order! I mean really, how cool is that!
Super-cool!