Category: Parenting

Rediscovering Things My Non-Verbal Son Loves

We spent 20 minutes engrossed in this book he had ignored for years.

Time moves on whether we like it or not.

It’s adorable but also causes you to make a wincing face while eeking out a pained, “Thank you.”

My life sometimes feels like a rollercoaster. I rise to peaks and fall to valleys.

It’s what autism advocacy truly is. It is what makes me his voice when he can’t express himself.

We may struggle to help our children, but we never struggle to love them

The kids are tired, the air is cold, and we’re way too far away from our starting point.

I knew nothing about autism and nothing about being non-verbal. Hell, I knew nothing about having a son.

Without them, I would wallow in my own mind during times when my own mind is the most dangerous place to wallow in.

What came next could have destroyed me, if I let it.