I have been doing a lot of thinking lately, and have come to the conclusion that I live a pretty boring life. There are times I think I enjoy it, and times I just want to run for the hills..... but I am still here and we make the best of it every day. I love my kids, and they love me too.. most days. I currently have 1 left at home that drives me completely insane some days, and then there are days that I can't get enough of him. Living in a house with an autistic child can be.. "challenging" is the nicest word I can think of. we have been thru the gamete of emotions with this kid, but in the end the best emotion is patience. there are days that patience is left at the door, and days that run smooth. But in the end we do our best to make it till tomorrow.
In most autistic households, they strive for the scheduled, for the routine. In mine, we have thrown all that out the window. No more tantrums if dinner is not in from of him at exactly 6pm.. no more planning a shopping trip for a week to get him to go willingly. No don't get me wrong, it takes weeks.. sometimes months to "change" anything, but we make it happen by being seriously inconsistent!
We love our kid. And there are days, much to the older kids ire, where he reaches "favorite" child status! and there are days that I want to trade him in for 2 more, lol, but we wouldn't know what to do without him.
