Unexpected Gifts

So today's my birthday. Yes yes thank you. I was going to write about how I am so ready for a change. That it's rarely too late to chase your dreams. To make a change, defy people's expectations of you, how I can't believe how much change has gone on and that I'm registering for college classes for the first time ever next Monday.  But then my friend, A. from over at Try Defying Gravity (Go read her blog) posted this on my Facebook page.

So my unexpected gifts always go back to the incredible friendships that I would have never ever had. It's taught me to really see people. Not what they just might be showing but what's underneath the surface.  I'm grateful for all for my autism mama friends, the ones close to home and the ones spread out across the country. We are a diverse group but we all get one another and appreciate each other's differences. I would choose for our kids to never struggle the way that they do but I am so proud, grateful and blessed to call each and everyone of you my friend. 

Ed. Note: A. would like you to know that she really doesn't want to hit me but she would however like to smell my eyeballs.  Hey to each their own.