Today I am grateful...
We survived a week of family vacation to Maryland and Washington D.C. to see my husband's family. There are many good moments to be remembered. Lots of family that we have not seen in several years. Cousins we met, some for the first time, some --so long ago that the boys don't remember. Time spent with grandparents, aunts and uncles. Stories of my husband's childhood shared...some of which explain a lot of my kids behaviors. Ahh...so he gets that from dad! Confirmation that Blue and Dad are alike in MANY ways!
Meals were shared....bar-b-ques given in our honor. Stories of family history --what great-grandparents were like...what grandparents were like when they were children. What Hubby's parents were like during their marriage and during their teenage years. Family history fills in the blanks, telling us about who we are today because of where we have come from.
Of course, there was the family drama de jour. Who is not speaking to whom and why? At the same time, everyone comes together long enough to celebrate the marriage and the future of a new segment of the family, squashing grievances and differences --if only for the moment.
A family wedding...a first for the boys. I busy myself explaining what it all means. "Why are all of those people walking down the isle? Are they getting married too? Are they going to have any food that I like? Why is the music so loud? It's too loud in here! Why are all of these little kids running around? When is this going to be over?"
I am grateful for the love and acceptance that the boys get from their family --for the instant connection that they experience every time they see their cousins. There is no judgement. There is no, "Why's he acting weird? Why does he ask so many questions?" They just hang out, play and enjoy each other.
I am particularly excited to meet the newest members of our family. Caleb and Aaron ages 1 and 2. I got some wonderful hugs from Aaron. I fell in love instantly.
I am especially grateful that Red spent the majority of the time with his grandmother while we were in Maryland. I am grateful that she is able to see what a piece of work he is. I am grateful that she is patient, kind and understanding, yet firm enough not to allow him to run over her. I am the most grateful that he will spend the next two weeks with her! She will take him and his 14 year-old cousin to Myrtle Beach, where they will swim and play. They will also spend time at her home in Maryland. He gets along well with his cousin. They will have a great time together and I will have a much needed break!
Now of course this vacation also had it's not so great moments. I will save that for another day. Today I bask in grace...
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We survived a week of family vacation to Maryland and Washington D.C. to see my husband's family. There are many good moments to be remembered. Lots of family that we have not seen in several years. Cousins we met, some for the first time, some --so long ago that the boys don't remember. Time spent with grandparents, aunts and uncles. Stories of my husband's childhood shared...some of which explain a lot of my kids behaviors. Ahh...so he gets that from dad! Confirmation that Blue and Dad are alike in MANY ways!
Meals were shared....bar-b-ques given in our honor. Stories of family history --what great-grandparents were like...what grandparents were like when they were children. What Hubby's parents were like during their marriage and during their teenage years. Family history fills in the blanks, telling us about who we are today because of where we have come from.
Of course, there was the family drama de jour. Who is not speaking to whom and why? At the same time, everyone comes together long enough to celebrate the marriage and the future of a new segment of the family, squashing grievances and differences --if only for the moment.
A family wedding...a first for the boys. I busy myself explaining what it all means. "Why are all of those people walking down the isle? Are they getting married too? Are they going to have any food that I like? Why is the music so loud? It's too loud in here! Why are all of these little kids running around? When is this going to be over?"
I am grateful for the love and acceptance that the boys get from their family --for the instant connection that they experience every time they see their cousins. There is no judgement. There is no, "Why's he acting weird? Why does he ask so many questions?" They just hang out, play and enjoy each other.
I am especially grateful that Red spent the majority of the time with his grandmother while we were in Maryland. I am grateful that she is able to see what a piece of work he is. I am grateful that she is patient, kind and understanding, yet firm enough not to allow him to run over her. I am the most grateful that he will spend the next two weeks with her! She will take him and his 14 year-old cousin to Myrtle Beach, where they will swim and play. They will also spend time at her home in Maryland. He gets along well with his cousin. They will have a great time together and I will have a much needed break!
Now of course this vacation also had it's not so great moments. I will save that for another day. Today I bask in grace...
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Adelaide Dupont · 285 weeks ago
And for those of us who knew and appreciated these points in high school to a greater or lesser extent - always good to have a refresher and feel them through the current and future generations who we survived to be able to see.
I especially appreciated points 5, 7 and 10.
And young women not settling or settling down yet is a good thing.
"It's never too late to live our dreams" - but it may be too early for some of them!
And 8 of course.
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Maira L. Coral · 216 weeks ago
I was looking for information for my Multi-Genre Disability Research Project from my Early Childhood Special Education class on the web, when suddenly I came across your blog. I started reading this out of curiosity and I want to tell you that as you said yourself, you will not be Amanda Gorman, but you managed to make me shed some tears, perhaps because I felt totally identified with your words, especially in the part that you speak of your son. My son also has Asperger's syndrome, he is 19 years old and he is in the second semester of College. Also like yours, he takes classes from home, likewise my eldest daughter is also taking college classes from her room. At the same time, that I work as a preschool teacher from my kitchen through a computer, my husband sleeps in the room during the day because he works at night. Also in the afternoons I myself take virtual school classes. I am a 51-year-old Latin woman who began to learn the English language as adult, so maybe you find some deficiencies in my writing, however, I was very moved by how proud you express yourself about your son. Referent your mother, I liked the humorous tone that you give when your talk about her, so I did not want to miss this opportunity and stopped my assignments for a moment to let you know that your words do make a difference, since they reach the heart of at least those who have opportunity to read you. I want confess you that is the most long I have written to someone I don't know, because your words inspired me, thank you...
Gavin Bollard · 209 weeks ago
Thanks for this post. I've been very distracted of late and so this was how I found out about our friend Kate. Kate's struggles were very real but they were so constant and so wide-ranging that it was difficult for people around her to address them. I think it's going to take a while longer for me to process all this.
I learned so much from Kate because she was always quick to point out the many injustices in the world. In her glory days, she was very much a crusader and she cared for everyone. Over the years, as her situation took its toll, I came to realise that it was the fact that she couldn't be put in a single specific category, that made the system fail her. She needed help that they weren't set up to provide.
She needed more care and she needed to be less alone. I'm so sorry that this has happened.
For a long while we were corresponding almost every day but a couple of months ago, I realised that she had become so stressed that nearly every interaction I had with her was starting to trigger her. I backed away to give her a bit more space. She only had a little time that she could stand to be online and there were too many things that she wanted to do in that time. I thought that by taking a step back, she could reach out to more people who might be geographically closer and able to assist.
Kate was a beautiful soul and she will be sorely missed by all of us.
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Spoil your cat · 121 weeks ago
Many of these living arrangement aren't good, and many of the people who run those places really don't have the residents' best interest at heart. Those places are like old age homes and foster homes, where you sometimes hear horror stories. They're hard to trust. But then there are good ones, of course.
The best thing for an autistic adult is either to go on living at home or working and renting an apartment and living independently, but that isn't always an option.
Duncan · 112 weeks ago