autism is a journey: Lazy Morning

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Lazy Morning

Jackson is having a fabulous time this morning watching Sesame Street and Super Why on PBS. He is so easily thrilled and excited.

Can I just say again that I love Super Why. I truly credit this show with sparking Jackson's interest in words, reading and writing...I've only been struggling to do so for six years!

So, this morning anyway, I'm thankful for PBS...how about you?

2 comments:

Maddy said...: Don't about super why, but Tom and Jerry this afternoon is fabulozo.
Happy Thanksgiving; November 22, 2007 at 4:36 PM
Anonymous said...: That's awesome! WTG Jackson (and Super Why)!!; November 23, 2007 at 6:57 AM

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from "Metaphor-the puzzle piece symbol"

Ever had one of those "ah-ha" moments? I'm driving down the road today, pondering Jackson's recent successes--boyscout camp and football camp. It occurred to me that each experience gave me back a piece of Jackson. [I'm not doing a very good job explaining this...] When we learned about Jackson's diagnosis, so many dreams were snuffed out. We no longer thought about our son becoming an athlete, a scholar, or even a friend. We thought in much smaller terms:"how many words does he have?""did he learn a new sign""is he reaching out to us?""that's playing pretend, isn't it?"Our perspective as parents permanently changed. It's like we had this complete picture of our child and autism fractured it--into a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle.Each day little by little, we get pieces of the puzzle back. It'll never be complete, never the same as we expected, but there will be parts that will come together.Like when he participated in the school music program, enjoyed boyscout camp, rode the roller coaster and attended football camp. Bit by bit, we get pieces of what we expected back.Of course, the flip side of this is all the joys we gain from Jackson that we never expected in spite of the autism, but that's another post my friends....