Ty and Sarah are playing some card game and all I hear is nice positive words of encouragement and kindness when one loses.
Wow, Ty just told Sarah "even though you lost, look yours has a fairy on it, so cool."
Sarah just said, "I want you to win this one Ty."
Are these my kids? Seriously???
Man, I actually feel like a good mom who can just sit and relax and enjoy watching her children play together.
You have no idea how good that feels. Usually I'm just waiting with anxiety of WHEN the explosion will happen when Ty tries to interact with siblings. Because it always ends in not a good way.
My husband and I are such an amazing team. Because trust me, this isn't easy- in fact
Our greatest of days still don't allow us to do things as a family, we still don't leave our home environment, and we still deal with things that to others would be a major deal
but to us, and what we have dealt with those are just small pebbles falling off the bigger stone.
It's when it's a major rock slide that life gets way more difficult and absolutely challenges our patience, our parenting skills, our true being.
The small pebbles in our world, well I guess it just comes with the territory of parenting a child with Autism and all his complicating co-morbidities. (That means all his other medical issues)...
But as I keep saying, I'm enjoying each and every one of these special moments that I"m so thankful I get to witness.
This is my boy.
This is the boy God intended him to be- and he was given to us because He knew we would nurture him, love him, and do everything in our power here on Earth to help him, to give him a joyful life (even if we give a new definition to what a joyful life looks like),
and we would love him absolutely unconditionally even in the toughest of times.
He has taught us so much- more than I could have ever imagined learning from my child.
He is a blessing.
And a moment like this watching Sarah and Ty play, reminds me of this. This is a wonderful moment and a true blessing indeed!
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