I'm Mrs. Einstein. Really? Is my name Einstein?...No, not really.
My real last name belongs to my husband, Mr. Einstein, or Einstein for short; his real last name is lowland Scots. Back for generations. I call him Einstein because he is pretty smart. Very smart. Is he as smart as the real Einstein? No, not quite. But still very intelligent.
In addition to being intellectually gifted, he is also...(drum roll)...more autistic than neuro-typical. We have five grown children, the youngest of whom doctors at the University call high-functioning autistic. (Is it politically correct to refer to a person as having autism or being autistic?)
We are also dealing with my having Chronic Lyme Disease. I am pretty sure, but cannot prove it, that I gave all my children (all five, now ages 41 through 31) Lyme. In my next post, I will introduce you to the children--and I want to tell the story of our journey, with autism and Lyme.
