Two Years Later
Jan Peightell
December 18, 2025
Early this month we went out to a Chinese restaurant in Manchester to celebrate Micah’s 32nd birthday. As we ate dinner, we reminisced about Micah’s
Early this month we went out to a Chinese restaurant in Manchester to celebrate Micah’s 32nd birthday. As we ate dinner, we reminisced about Micah’s
Five (Real) Guys (Representative of hundreds who need a safe, stable home We, the founders of Our Homestead, are parents of five adult
This will not be a typical Micah Lens blog as I want to cover two totally different topics, both time sensitive. Last month I shared
When Micah was a toddler, before our lives were slammed with the autism diagnosis, we noticed his words were disappearing. He had been speaking in
Last week I watched a video posted by a mother of a child with Autism who shared about her son’s meltdown in her car. The
I started writing the Micah Lens blog over five years ago with the goal of sharing about our lives as we navigated the world of
When Micah was growing up I used to grieve over the fact that he did not have friends. Sure, he always had wonderful aides, therapists,
May was a tough month. I wrote about Mike’s passing last month, then three weeks later we lost another good man, Micah’s Godfather Wayne Murray.
Our family suddenly lost a dear friend this month. Losing a loved one is always hard, even with advanced warning, but in some cases, they
Google “Pica is a very dangerous disorder characterized by cravings or ingesting inedible items”. I was awakened at 2:15 AM by the sound of Micah