autism is a journey: Shout out

Monday, March 24, 2008

Shout out

I'm giving a cyber hug and hello to a mom who let me "borrow" her girls and still makes me feel important--(((Kathy))). Your girls meant so much to me too; I hold them in my heart! I'm thrilled you'll be peeking in on my boys here. I'm posting a couple of my favorite photos of the boys--they're both having fun in the bubble bath at grandmas!
Jackson

Callahan

We just got back from Cal's pre-school parent teacher conference. He's doing fine, but he's shy and timid (I'm curious: are they really talking about Callahan?) We're definately going to wait a year for kindergarten, but we're thrilled he's doing well academically and ok socially.

1 comment:

Kathy said...: You are TOO SWEET!! Thank you for the heartfelt comment. Those boys are soooooo cute!! Don't feel bad about the Easter egg stuff!! Too messy anyway!! The important thing is that the boys know what Easter is about....the risen Lord and His almighty salvation. Love you Heather!!
Kathy; March 26, 2008 at 12:56 PM

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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....