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Dash and bella. ABC's Four Corners and the messy truth of autism. Autism is a “messy” truth. It doesn’t have the high blood sugar of diabetes, the uncontrolled cell division of cancer, nor the clear brain degeneration of Alzheimer’s disease. Autism is a condition (or, more accurately, a number of conditions) with as yet, no clear biological markers, and with behaviours as different as any two humans might have on this earth. This is confusing for parents, puzzling for researchers, and a mighty inconvenience for documentary film-makers.

Autism Enigma The Canadian documentary The Autism Enigma, which the ABC broadcast last night on Four Corners, presented one theory on the cause of autism. The theory links a number of modern practises, such as immigration and antibiotic use, with gut bacteria and autism. The documentary left me with a sense of unease. I do not question the quality of the science on which this theory is based. Kerry O’Brien and the Four Corners producers did an excellent job at drawing the attention of the viewers to this fact.

Our Haven on Earth: My Mean Mother...a poem for Mother's Day. Several years ago, on my first Mother's Day, my Mom gave me this poem inside the card she made for me. I'm not sure of the author, but I thought I would share it, as I'm sure many of you out there also had a "Mean Mother" and are now (or planning to be) "mean mothers" yourselves. My Mean Mother... Someday when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a parent, I will tell them, as my Mean Mom told me: I loved you enough to ask where you were going, with whom, and what time you would be home. I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover that your new best friend was a creep.

I loved you enough to make you go pay for the bubble gum you had taken and tell the clerk, "I stole this yesterday and want to pay for it. " I loved you enough to stand over you for two hours while you cleaned your room, a job that should have taken 15 minutes. I loved you enough to let you see anger, disappointment, and tears in my eyes. Those were the most difficult battles of all. Manic Mrs. Stone. Blue milk. Redefine family | Offbeat Mama. eHow | How to Videos, Articles & More - Discover the expert in you. | eHow.com. Blog | Ruby Press | When we find something we love, we want to tell everyone! Hello friends! We’re sorry to say that for now we must take a hiatus from the Ruby Press blog. We started this blog back in 2008 and it has been instrumental in the meeting of many dear friends and making of many wonderful connections.

We still love blogging- don’t get us wrong! - but we are just so busy with our agency work and in the small amount of free time I have as a business owner and mother, I have been working on (and self-publishing) a book, which is due out this June. Needless to say, my free time for blogging is now non-existent. I truly believe that if you can’t give 100% to something, you shouldn’t do it, so for now, we will take a break. To our loyal readers and contributors…thank you!! XxMelissa and the Ruby Press staff {Image from here} I took a trip to visit my grandmother over the weekend, and came home with bags of kumquats from her tree. (image via here) (image via here) {image from here} Just got back from a lovely trip to Michigan! Despite living (very happily!) Ain't No Mom Jeans. Kids Things.

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