Thank you for writing this. This is so well written and I can completely relate. I knew there was something about Leah that was different the minute I held her for the first time. Over the years, I too have thought about what her life and ours would be like without autism. Sometimes those thoughts are a heartbreaking daydream but other times those thoughts are a terrifying nightmare. Without Autism, we wouldn’t have Leah. The adorable way she pushes her hair out of her face at least four times in a row (after it’s already shifted); the way she follows her brothers around like they are kings; the excited way she jumps and rubs her hands together after each and every interaction, her obsessive and playful love for her kitty cat. The list goes on. The little things in life have become the big things for us. Big joys, big triumphs, big accomplishments (when the pencil is held correctly and the spoon is used at dinner time). I thrive in the big joy that the once little things bring us every day.
Embrace it for all it is and love them for who they are 💙🧩
Thank you for writing this. This is so well written and I can completely relate. I knew there was something about Leah that was different the minute I held her for the first time. Over the years, I too have thought about what her life and ours would be like without autism. Sometimes those thoughts are a heartbreaking daydream but other times those thoughts are a terrifying nightmare. Without Autism, we wouldn’t have Leah. The adorable way she pushes her hair out of her face at least four times in a row (after it’s already shifted); the way she follows her brothers around like they are kings; the excited way she jumps and rubs her hands together after each and every interaction, her obsessive and playful love for her kitty cat. The list goes on. The little things in life have become the big things for us. Big joys, big triumphs, big accomplishments (when the pencil is held correctly and the spoon is used at dinner time). I thrive in the big joy that the once little things bring us every day.