autism is a journey: The Colts Jersey

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

The Colts Jersey

Can't believe I forgot about this!
Today when Jack got off the bus he was wearing a Colt's Jersey his friend Jhai gave him. I was so surprised since he picks out his own clothes and almost always wears character shirts!

I'm thrilled with the small things!

2 comments:

tylerbritney said...: That's awesome he's showing his hometown pride :) Jack has really made such great progress lately. He keeps surprising you! :); August 27, 2008 at 8:30 AM
jen & aaron said...: This just warms my heart! I walked by his fifth grade room today and saw him sharpening pencils and just "being a fifth grader" :) Jennifer Lee; August 27, 2008 at 4:39 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....