Kelsey from 2015: "Life can be really lonely. It means everything when people contact you and invite you to do things or just talk. Sometimes I think I'm the only one who feels lonely because l'm autistic, but I think maybe people without ASD can feel this way, too."

Kelsey from 2019: "I just don't understand war at all. We are all humans. Instead of trying to kill each other, why aren't we trying to help each other survive?"

Me: "Kelsey! There's a yummy looking cookie sandwich in the refrigerator. Is that for me?" Kelsey: "I don't know. Have you lost all that weight yet?"

Happy Friday evening from my island forest back yard. Have a lovely weekend! ❤️❤️❤️

Kelsey and I had some yummy pizza today.

Kelsey from March 21: “Just because I’m autistic and have brain issues doesn’t mean I don’t feel the same things neurotypical people do.”

I am not kidding. Trump looks like my dad’s dad. Hillbilly from Arkansas.

Kelsey from 2019: "Dad, I'm going to miss your brown hair." [Note: It's all gone now]

Kelsey from last November: "Friendship comes from the heart and that has to be the connection with all people, even those on the spectrum."

Kelsey told me in the car yesterday: "It's been years since there's been a good comedy come out at the theater. When did America forget how to laugh?"

Happy Sunday! Here's Kelsey from 2/24: "Living in the present isn’t always easy and it’s not always better than living in the past."

Kelsey's mom took him to Viking Fest in Poulsbo.

"You can take yourself to a sunny place but you can't take a sunny place to you."

Kelsey from 2018. He's not wrong: "If a Chinese restaurant has the word 'Golden' in its name, it must be good."

Kelsey from 2015: "I want people to know how difficult it is to be disabled, the humiliation when I stutter and the loneliness of not having friends. I do appreciate when people are kind, when they invite me to a party, hug and smile at me. That makes me feel normal."

“I don’t know why I laugh so much. It’s just what I have inside me.”

So much stress out there right now. We all need to just stop and tell someone dear to you that you love them. It’s just me tonight so I’m sending love out to everyone ❤️

I Had to think about this. We have to help our children learn the words and concepts so they can think for themselves: “Dad, the vocabulary you helped me learn has made it possible for me to be believed for what I know and not just for what you taught me.”

It’s a sunny breezy day on the island. I’ll be taking some time off at the end of the week. I was going to drive with a friend up into the Canadian Rocky’s but they can’t make. Probably too far for me alone with my eye situation. I can’t fly yet. Where else should I go?

Happy Monday! Deep thoughts from Kelsey: “I often get anxiety about my tastebuds not meeting their expectations with something, but that candy bar exceeded their expectations.”

Kelsey and mom enjoying a Mother’s Day picnic 🧺 ❤️🥰

My backyard is finally starting to bloom 🌸🌺🌸🌺🌻🌷💐🌼🪻🌸

Went for a walk in the woods around the corner from my home up to the park with the troll.

Happy Saturday! Yesterday Kelsey told me while we were wizzing around on the Vespa, “Gaining acceptance from neurotypical people made it possible for me to be ok with being different.”

Something really important to know about Kelsey. While many see autism as a gift, Kelsey does not. He sees it as a birth defect that has robbed him of a normal and happy life. Kelsey is motivated in life to work as hard as he can to overcome his cognitive deficits.

Kelsey from 6/24: “When I was a kid I didn’t know how to use my own words so I said a lot of lines from movies instead. Sometimes I would see neurotypical people smile at me and it gave me hope that one day I could be one of them.”

Happy Thursday! “I’m a one of a kind just like everyone else.”

Kelsey just now. “I hear rich people bragging about their wealth and all I can imagine is that they don’t have a deep connection with the families or other people in their lives. If they only knew that experiencing love is way better than any object you can own.”

I’m stocking up for the tariff shutdown.

Kelsey is just trying to understand us 4/29/25: "It’s taken me years find people who could listen and understand me and I work as hard as I can to listen to and understand them. It’s so hard for me. So many concepts I don’t understand. But I do my best."

Dear friends on Bluesky. If we knew each other on Twitter and you want me to know you here please feel free to drop me a DM helping me connect the dots. I’m struggling a bit with who’s who. Thanks! ❤️

Happy Tuesday! Here's Kelsey from 2012: "Parents need to stop telling their children they can be anything they want when they grow up. That will save them from being confused and disappointed when they're told later on that they're not suited for something."

I’m really bad about buying myself stuff but I splurged and bought myself a Michigan Tech Huskies hoodie. First college merch I’ve ever owned.

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo with Kelsey. He’s sitting there quiet and then looks up and says, “I want his head in a basket,” and then took a sip of his soda.

I guess it wasn’t the worst thing having my trip shortened today. I got to ride my Vespa up to the beach where I’m chilling on a log watching all the sailboats breeze by. Hope your day has been as lovely 🥰.

Happy Sunday. Kelsey from 2020: "You know dad, when you're no longer here I'm going to miss you, even the times when you were bossy and grumpy."

More tariff increases from my factories today but the worst part is that they will be out of things to sell in about 60 days. My heart goes out to all those who’ll be harmed be MAGA.

Happy Friday! Here's Kelsey from 2013: "Dad, normally when you try to be clever, like when I asked you why Dodo birds can't fly and you said because they're extinct, I get annoyed. But today you were funny."

@jillsaidit.bsky.social Took this for you today.

Sunny and low tide. So beautiful out. Sending love to all ❤️

Beautiful day on the island so Kelsey and I rode the Vespa to the south of the island for lunch. 🛵☀️

Kelsey from 2016: "I'm sorry we had conflict yesterday, dad. It must be hormones."

I’ve never had sex with a Republican but I can imagine it’s like this.

Kelsey yesterday: "The thing I struggle with most is understanding other people, not just their words, but what's going on inside them. What are they thinking and feeling? I want to show kindness and empathy but I can't tell what's going on with them and I don't know how to ask."

Trump will not finish out his term. He is freaking out and coming apart at the seams. He's already done irreparable damage to our economy that create a Blue Wave next year. He will die in prison.

Trump will not finish out his term. He is freaking out and coming apart at the seams. He's already done irreparable damage to our economy that create a Blue Wave next year. He will die in prison.

Rob has thoughts on fascism in America.

Now do all the white evangelical ministers who rape children.

Kelsey from 2018: "I bought a Rice Crispy bar made of Lucky Charms and it was stale. It was not magically delicious."