Kate Duren🗽

mom to 3 humans and 1 frenchie • lucky wife of @andyojones • VP SLO Foundation 🧬 • #AutismMom 🧩 • happiest seaside 🌅 #SmithLemliOpitzSyndrome • ☮️ 🤟🏻⚖️ 🌎

[Kate Duren🗽 @kateduren]

My kids call each other best friends, perhaps the greatest gift a mom can receive.

#NationalSiblingsDay

[Kate Duren🗽 @kateduren]

@united Airlines needs to do much better! When we boarded Flight UA 1258, the chief flight attendant told me that he could not make an announcement alerting passengers of my daughter’s life-threatening #PeanutAllergy. He argued with us and dismissed our concerns.
🚫🥜#FoodAllergy

[Truman Duren @Trumanduren]

Exciting announcement!

[Kate Duren🗽 @kateduren]

@andyojones Certain Californians really need to watch what they say and also proofread for Siri’s whimsical flourishes.

Also that text reflects a perfectly normal desire.

[Kate Duren🗽 @kateduren]

@andyojones No worries — I’ll cook you butternut squash in a few days.

[Kate Duren🗽 @kateduren]

@jtrain56 My husband just told me that he often uses this word. He has a PhD. In poetry. 😏

[Kate Duren🗽 @kateduren]

We got out boosters! 💉💉

#Covid #Booster #Moderna #Shot

[Dr. Andy Jones @andyojones]

On being married to lovely Kate for a billion seconds (so far).

https://t.co/j9MHwi9l47

[Kate Duren🗽 @kateduren]

I’m so grateful and happy to spend my life with @andyojones

Happy 31st anniversary to the love of my life 💘

[Kate Duren🗽 @kateduren]

@andyojones You’re always well above average to me. 😍

[Kate Duren🗽 @kateduren]

@paulapoundstone I’ve seen you at the Crest a couple times. So much fun! As I recall, you enjoyed the name of our magazine: Sactown. 🤭

You make our days brighter, Paula. Thanks for that!

[Kate Duren🗽 @kateduren]

Please read @JillEscher’s important article on the meteoric rise of #autism.

Autism is not a superpower, as many in the neurodiversity movement espouse.

We need research into the causes and many more resources for families like mine with adult children with #profoundautism. 🧩

[Jill Escher @JillEscher]

Autism is so sugar-coated these days it’s sometimes hard to see the devastating realities underneath. Thank you @thefp for allowing me space to shine a light on difficult truths and the autism field’s woeful state of stagnation. https://t.co/GQtssj7TZf

[Kate Duren🗽 @kateduren]

My son @Trumanduren and I left the California Central Valley triple digit temps behind for a glorious and perfectly chilly weekend in San Francisco. We never get over the beauty of the Golden Gate Bridge. 🌉🌤️

[Kate Duren🗽 @kateduren]

@andyojones is the most loving, playful, generous, and fun father I know. He’s an inspiration to us, and we’re grateful that he devotes nearly all of his free time to me and to our three kids.

Today I celebrate and thank him for his love and support. Happy Father’s Day! I ��️ you

[Kate Duren🗽 @kateduren]

On this #FathersDay, I’m reflecting on my good fortune in meeting this man all those years ago and in having the wisdom to choose him to be my guy. I knew that in addition to being a man of great integrity, compassion, and all-around goodness, he would be an exceptional father….

[Kate Duren🗽 @kateduren]

@jtrain56 Wordle 714 X/6

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😒 It’s the worst to lose on a word I actually use on a regular basis. At least I’m in good company. 😏

Did ANYone get it today??

[Kate Duren🗽 @kateduren]

@andyojones True. I reserve that for special occasions. 🍽️ 🐿️

[Kate Duren🗽 @kateduren]

@jtrain56 Wordle 712 6/6

⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩
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😵‍💫 After my fifth guess, I ran to Twitter to check if you had gotten it. 😮‍💨

[Kate Duren🗽 @kateduren]

Celebrating my favorite ginger on #WorldRedheadDay. I sure do love my son. 🧡

#SmithLemliOpitzSyndrome 🧬#SLOs #ProfoundAutism #Autism #AutismMom #Nonverbal #Love

[Kate Duren🗽 @kateduren]

May the fourth be with you.

#StarWarsDay

[Kate Duren🗽 @kateduren]

#ducklings celebrating #EarthDay at the @UCD_Arboretum 🐥🐥🐥🦆

#UCDavis