I have been in the
midst of the most exhilarating, frustrating, intoxicating, breathtaking, heartbreaking,
rebirthing love affair for the past eight years. No one ever warned me about
this kind of love.
Nobody.
I wouldn’t have
believed it if they had told me, anyway.
When I gave birth
to Samuel the timing couldn’t have been worse. I thought I wanted another
daughter. The thought of raising a boy was completely foreign to me so when
they handed me this enormous little boy, I was numb. What was I going to do
with this?
There was no
instant connection, no head-over-heels relief. Just numb.
It took six weeks
for the numb to wear off and the love affair to begin.
He is eight now. We
have been to hell and back together a few times and you know what? I think we’re
on the upswing. To many people in the world he is “That Autistic Kid” but to me
he is “Another one of my quirky-gotta-love-him” kids who is labeled as being on
the Autistic Spectrum.
Each day, he gets
more normal. More ‘simply quirky’ and this adorable video we made today shows
him in all that glory of his. I love our commentary and I especially love when
he ignores my whispered suggestions and offers something better to you.
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