Shocking News: Autism Has Not Ruined My Life
By "Mama Be Good"
http://mamabegood.blogspot.co.il/2011/12/shocking-news-autism-has-not-ruined-my.html
I found out recently that someone I love dearly doesn't read my blog anymore because it's too sad.
I stopped for a minute. Is it true? Are my posts sad?
I am not at all concerned about losing a reader, though I am worried about losing a friend. And I'm concerned about my child's life and the lives of others diagnosed with autism.
So I had to ask the question: Are my posts sad?
I'm not sad about my life. I get sad, sure. We all do. But I'm not sad about my life.
Sometimes the hard bits of life startle us more than the easy parts, so much that they're all we can remember. Maybe I tell too many difficult stories. Or maybe she read one and got too startled. Maybe she couldn't imagine being happy while at the same time having difficult bits of life. Maybe life is much more complex and harder to control, if control is important.
I want to let you know something, something very important. Having a child with autism does not make me sad. It has not ruined my life. It's not bankrupting me. It's not causing my husband and I to divorce. My child's autism is not a tragedy.
My son is the best thing that's ever happened to me. I don't wish for a different child. I don't regret, even for one minute, that HE is MY child. I feel profoundly honored to be his co-adventurer in life...