Tag: stress

How I Thought Raising A Child With Autism Would Be

The scariest part was never about what he would or wouldn’t do.

I thought to myself, “Well, that was different. I guess that’s who I am now.”

They know to never listen if I ask them to smell their food or accept a Hurtz Donut.

I have a lot to do. I’m thinking about it now as I write this.

We were angry over-reactors literally headbutting the walls at the bar. Every glance from a stranger was a reason to defend your honor.

The problem was that I was seeing my life as a movie.

When he was two, I could never imagine five. When he was five, I could never imagine seven.

The negatives that are always so bright in our faces can usually overpower the positives that they create.

I thought about what it would be like to go back and tell myself in 2011 all that was about to happen.

The dates from our lives looked like quotes from science fiction novels dating back centuries.