Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Back and Forth

Ed Note: This was originally posted elsewhere back in July 2010. I had a request to put it out here on our new home. I've only updated the picture.

I can’t.

I can.

He’ll always need care and supervision.

He’ll outgrow his diagnosis.

I knows what’s best.

I have no clue.

We’ll have a conversation.

We won’t have a conversation.

I’ll know what he’s feeling.

I’ll never know what he’s feeling.

I’m not cut out for this life.

I’m his mother for a reason and I will do it.

His sisters will resent him.

His sisters will protect him.

People will reject him.

People will accept him.

A lifetime sentence.

The gift of a lifetime.


3 comments:

  1. I loved this post the first time and I feel its resonance even more this time around! Thanks for reposting! xo

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  2. OMG.

    This is my inner voice, every single day since my son's diagnosis in July.

    This is also the first blog I've come across that I can relate to one hundred percent! Thank you for expressing what I can't seem to so eloquently. None of my friends have a child with autism, so it's amazing when I come across posts like these. I'm really not alone.

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