What he said to me!

We ventured out yesterday!

We visited the ranch where little one will be having a birthday party this weekend.

Along the short drive outside our town, it's open space, view of the coastal mountains, and colors everywhere.

And you know what he said to me?

It's so beautiful, so much space, and "it's probably the only place left in the world where you can see for miles and miles!"

Wow!
Then he went on to tell me he wanted to keep driving to see what was up the mountains. (Unfortunately we didn't have time-but I liked his idea!)

I"m pretty confident that he is using "scripts", conversations he's heard before either from us or TV (usually); but the fact that he can communicate an expression of beauty when he see's the countryside- well, that's pretty amazing!

Now I will look forward to taking that drive with him someday! And until then, just celebrate the moment we had and the smile it brought to his face!

A year ago we were already struggling with some pretty severe behaviors again due to his hospitalization. It was a slippery slope of him falling into a darkness. A time we felt like would never end.

It was the turning point in how we viewed our situation. And although we reached out for help from every angle, we received none. Which led us to take more control over how we were going to help our son. And led us to Medical Marijuana.

It is unfortunate it took such a dark time for us to start this new path with cannabis. Maybe, just maybe our son would not have had to suffer for so many years, had we tried it years before. Because it is the ONLY thing that has improved our son's quality of life. That is all the evidence we need to see that it is working.

I'm glad we took that path for the sake of our son. It does almost feel like a bit of a miracle- simply because at some point we thought there was nothing that could be effective! I know we still don't even know everything that is going on with him- and we've most certainly passed the "window" to more easily explore, run further tests, see the right doctors. But at least in the mean time, he is no longer "stuck"! He is thriving, smiling, happy, engaging, and safe!

I look forward to more drives with him and hearing him talk about "the beauties of the world".