Tag: Parenting

My Special Needs Son, My Illogical Guilt

The responsibility I feel has more to do with me than it does with him.

In my day, we didn’t have internet. We had prank phone calls and they were awesome.

An insatiable appetite, nonverbal autism, and surprising cat-like agility,

Simply put, he’s mine and I’ll watch over him forever.

Don’t let anyone heap guilt on you for the sake of their own ego.

I had no idea where this concept came from. For the record, I have never stolen gas.

Here’s the twist. I don’t wonder that.

I guess I’m supposed to be wiser now. After all, I’m 40.

The hour would end, the door would close, and we would all be alone together again.

As the parent to a child with Autism, it pulls me back to the early days of his life…