A little distracted...

2 weeks until Christmas.  Usually I would be pretty excited about now, eagerly awaiting the day I get to watch my kids smile extra big and giggle and shout with glee as they discover all their surprises.  Getting a little

The star

Today we were supposed to be going to David’s final Autism evaluation where we would get more specifics and also answers and connections for getting some help with all this. I’m very tired today and both physically and emotionally worn out. Last night/evening was a hard one... One of the hardest I have had to face in the last few weeks, and definitely one of the hardest overall that deal with David and his struggles that Autism throws into his life. I already wrote about it in another post that I copied from a letter I wrote to a friend afterwards so I won’t repeat the story here.

Regression

I feel like I am losing him more and more each day... It's sooo painful to watch... I know he's in the middle of a regression so I am supposed to expect this, but I keep praying and hoping he'll just snap out of it, you

The ornaments

Tonight has been hard... harder than most. David basically did something that really hit hard and he honestly had no comprehension of what was going on, what he did, why it was wrong, why he was in trouble, why Mommy was crying, etc., etc. ... In all reality it really wasn't anything big. It basically involved him getting into some paint and the ornaments we were supposed to get to do together and did them all himself, ruining the carpet and my paint brushes in the process...