Back To Daniel
Daniel is a remarkable child. He is so loving and kind it really throws me for a loop when he has a meltdown. Especially when he has made huge progress then all of the sudden BAM! The weather plays a big role in his sensory issues, so does the moon cycle, and pollen. All of these things mess me up too so I do not understand why I become so surprised when he is having a hard time. For some reason I just can’t get it in my head. So I try to help him as best as I can.
He is whispering.
We have had some severe rain weather the last two weeks and Daniel stopped talking. He really wouldn’t talk for days so I didn’t know what he wanted and he started having meltdowns. The last few days I have noticed that he is whispering a lot more words than he had been using before. I think he is practicing and building his confidence. Actually I am quite exhausted from trying to figure out what he wants all day long plus trying to get him to eat and Ariel and Joshua not being themselves as well.
So I begin to give up.
But just when I get to the point of thinking nothing is going to change. Daniel surprises me. He is spelling words on his Clifford game, he was matching pictures and playing memory. He made pictures of a snowman with glue and a cloud picture with glue. He laced a square with shoe string and he traced an S with paint in the last two days. Last week he wouldn’t even sit for five minutes to draw a picture.
So what do I say?
I say I love how all of my children challenge me not to give up, EVER! I love how Daniel surprises me all the time. Sometimes I feel very tired and weak and say why can’t we just be normal. Then I get over myself and become very grateful that Daniel has brought such healing to me. I am so thankful that our family is not normal and the challenges we face cause me to beat my beliefs against the rock until I can call them own. Ariel and Joshua challenge me as well . They have AS traits also but theirs are different and definitely not as extreme.
We are blessed to be different.
