Hey Gabriel (thats what Im calling you here), If I hadnt started doing this blog page, I wouldnt have met your Mom, your Dad and you. And through your family, linked up with an amazing group of other autism families who Im coming to think of as our tribe. But thats not what I Wanted to tell you. You wont know this, but right now Me and Hubs are wrestling some big decisions about Melons future, her education, her social links. We want to do the best for her, and the more we focus on the details - location, syllabus, distance etc etc... the harder it becomes to see the right way forward. You started school a few weeks ago, at a specialist autism school. Your Mom and Dad were beside themselves with anxiety about how youd settle in, about how youd cope, about how it would affect you. They worried for months, not just about school, but about how to connect with you, how to open up the world in a way that you could engage with. When I saw you all, recently. What a difference. Your Mom and Dad were bursting with excitement, good news - how well youd adjusted, how much more responsive you were, how you were showing an interest in toys and playing with them for the first time in months. I was so happy for you all. Your Dad actually said its like before, he was looking at the world through a tunnel. Hes still in the tunnel, but now the tunnel is much wider, and he can see far more of the world through it. What bought it home for me though, was this little moment. I saw you run up to your Mom, with your shock of white-blonde hair, and climb into her arms. All smiles from both of you. You started to mov your body, and your mom bobbed her head from side to side, like she was dancing. And then Gabriel, you looked - at her face, into her eyes, and you copied what she was doing. You took her cues and you went with it. And when you looked back at her eyes, you were both laughing. That shared moment, the connection, the love, the joy... You and your Mom were happier than I have seen you in a long time. I got that lump in my throat again. Seeing you, so happy, blooming, engaged with the world. Its the result of a long, anxious decision making process by your Mom and Dad. And I want to thank you, because while Hubs and me are in the middle of our own long, anxious process, you reminded us what the really important thing is - that we make the right choice for Melon. If we do that, everything else will come right too. Thanks Gabriel, give your Mom and Dad a big beaming smile from me XxX
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 21:45:55 +0000
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