“You know everyone thinks you’re a terrible mother, right?” When someone uttered these words to me this week, I laughed. I laughed. And that, my friends, is progress. Do you know how many tears I’ve cried? How much sleep I’ve lost? How much therapy I’ve invested in? How much inner work I’ve done to laugh […]
Tag: Autism Mom
I just watched a big, burly Dad swing his front door open and walk outside to play with his adorable toddler daughter — pigtails, pink and purple everywhere, smiles for miles. Perfection, I thought. Cute, happy little girl…must be nice snuck into my mind. And then I noticed that the dad had a big ol’ […]
“Mom, do I have Autism?” Those words stopped my mama heart for a moment. I was grateful my boys were buckled safely in the back seat where they couldn’t see the panic in my eyes. I meant for my tentative “Yes, you do” to come out with more confidence, but my brain was racing ahead […]
I’m sitting on bleachers watching my boys play soccer on separate fields, and I’m fighting back tears. And then I’m wondering how did I get to be that mom that fights back tears at soccer practice? I wasn’t going to be that mom, and here I am. Why? Why am I crying in my chai […]
