Tag: parenting advice

For Those Who Mean Well

I never asked her to help “cure” my son’s Autism.

In that hospital bed, the question of whether I would do anything for my kids was real.

It’s easy to be so fixated on one specific victory that we miss all the other ones happening around us.

I had to force myself to see the worst of him, even though I usually can only see the best.

This wasn’t home and no other parents were doing it. That’s what makes it “embarrassing.”

There are some days when I am in awe of his nerve.

What do you do, after that entire expensive day of magic, when they scream out “shut your mouth” in a crowded Macaroni Grill?

Autism doesn’t make my son the best boy in the world. The fact that he’s mine makes him the best boy in the world.

I’m ready for anything. I’m not excited about it. I’m not looking to have long talks about it. But I am prepared for it.

I pictured her handing me paper stacks of glue and popsicle sticks until she was in her 50s.