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My Non-Verbal Child Is Living A Life I Never Expected

I’ve watched him push forward to take steps that no one – myself included – was predicting years ago.

We never smelled the roses because we were thinking of all the seeds left to plant.

“Autism” is as general a term as “parenting.” They’re both deeply personal and different for everyone.

People like that love company.

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.

Sometimes my posts betray me. I snitch on myself, as the kids say.

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.