This month has flown by.
I usually relish in every little moment of October, because I love October.
I love the weather. I love the decorations. I love Halloween.
This year . . . I just barely turned my calendar from September.
Is it really the middle of October??
This month we took Christopher to a children's Neuropsychologist.
This is the big time stuff.
Basically as far as we can go right now for information about our boy.
His week (2 weeks ago) consisted of all day school, therapy, and 6 hours of evaluation by the neuropsychologist. Tomorrow we find out the results of her evaluations.
So so so much for a five year old. A five year old who's days are already exhausting.
It made me angry. Autism makes me angry . . . . A LOT.
This month I've been sad because I can't celebrate this October the way I always wanted to with my kids.
I always pictured us doing lots of crafts, going to Halloween parties, getting lost in a corn maze.
Now, we are lucky if we survive a little trick or treating.
This autism thing was really getting me down.
Today, I went into his room to change some sheets.
I looked up at his wall by his bed and saw this.
Pictures he colored covering his walls.
Pictures HE colored.
It may not seem like a lot for an almost six year old, but to us they are a masterpiece.
It has taken him almost 7 months of therapy to be able to hold a crayon and color a picture without help.
A pure miracle in my eyes.
I guess we always picture our lives being a certain way.
I always imagined the fun things my kids and I would do for Halloween.
I also never imagined that I would let my kids cover their entire wall in silly coloring pages.
Now, I can't imagine anything more beautiful.
We are lucky to see the little miracles in his life every day.
Maybe a little trick or treating is all we really need.
I love the weather. I love the decorations. I love Halloween.
This year . . . I just barely turned my calendar from September.
Is it really the middle of October??
This month we took Christopher to a children's Neuropsychologist.
This is the big time stuff.
Basically as far as we can go right now for information about our boy.
His week (2 weeks ago) consisted of all day school, therapy, and 6 hours of evaluation by the neuropsychologist. Tomorrow we find out the results of her evaluations.
So so so much for a five year old. A five year old who's days are already exhausting.
It made me angry. Autism makes me angry . . . . A LOT.
This month I've been sad because I can't celebrate this October the way I always wanted to with my kids.
I always pictured us doing lots of crafts, going to Halloween parties, getting lost in a corn maze.
Now, we are lucky if we survive a little trick or treating.
This autism thing was really getting me down.
Today, I went into his room to change some sheets.
I looked up at his wall by his bed and saw this.
Pictures he colored covering his walls.
Pictures HE colored.
It may not seem like a lot for an almost six year old, but to us they are a masterpiece.
It has taken him almost 7 months of therapy to be able to hold a crayon and color a picture without help.
A pure miracle in my eyes.
I guess we always picture our lives being a certain way.
I always imagined the fun things my kids and I would do for Halloween.
I also never imagined that I would let my kids cover their entire wall in silly coloring pages.
Now, I can't imagine anything more beautiful.
We are lucky to see the little miracles in his life every day.
Maybe a little trick or treating is all we really need.
3 comments:
You're amazing! Being a mom is hard enough, I can't imagine adding extra challenges on top of it all. Your boys are so cute!
He HAS come a long way. Makes you appreciate the little things in life that suddenly become big things and things to be grateful for. He is my hero! And so are you. Love you all so much.
I remember when Shai saw the nueropshychologist. Not as intense as Christopher's study but so hard :( the information will be sooooo helpful though. You are amazing- hang in there and you are so right to be so proud he has come so far- Miracles do happen everyday!!
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