Tag: fatherhood

My Boy Sleeps Like A Tornado

Most kids sleep like little animals. That’s why we put them in barred-up cages until they’re two.

Whether songs, ideas, or love, those things we keep bottled up for fear of rejection are bottled up for a reason.

“I’m not sleeping. I saw everything. That guy did the thing before to the other guy.”

It’s parenthood. If you have a kid, you do it.

The best way I can describe days like this is that my hair hurts.

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.