“It broke me, but it wasn’t why I sat in my car and cried like a big fat baby.”
- Love What Matters
- Children
- Raising Kids
“It broke me, but it wasn’t why I sat in my car and cried like a big fat baby.”
“Your quiet presence may be all she needs to make it through.”
“I gulped back tears and explained it wasn’t medically possible. His reply would be my first lesson.”
“263 lbs, I loaded the stroller and walked 3 miles a day. Rain, wind, or shine.”
“She is leaving everything she grew to love. Everything she wanted her life to be. Everything we built. Carefully, I go into her bedroom. Everything is gone now; the toys, the clothes, the jewelry box with the little ballerina. I sit on the bed and recall the conversations, the questions, the hugs given. And slowly, through hot salty tears, I realize I am smiling.”
“It doesn’t have to be a chore. The cleaning, the mundane daily master list… that’s the experience.”
“I knew that moving his bedroom was a risk to my ‘parent of the year’ title, but I needed to test the waters of the ‘handling change’ part of his brain.”
“Autism is a game of short strides. One day, you look up and realize all the work, all the hope, all the fear, all the worry is turning into something bigger than you imagined.”
Disney is known for making emotional animated films that can make even the most stoic adult cry, but their short films pack a powerful punch, too.
“They’ll remember if you were happy to spend time with them. They’ll remember how you went with the flow. They’ll remember the warmth of your snuggles.”