New Year

Well, here we are at the start of a new year. Hard to believe this month last year we were getting Logan's offical autism diagnosis. Some days it seems like the year flew by but other times it seems like it has dragged on endlessly. You know when we took Logan for the evaluation I was 99.9% sure autism was going to end up being the diagnosis. There was that little bit of hope I was holding onto that they would say something else. You know, something he would "grow out of". I think deep down in my heart I really didn't believe that glimmer of hope. On the one hand, I thank God every day that Logan is even here. There was that chance in the beginning that he would not come home from Lousiville alive. But he did. So I was thinking there has to be a reason for that, right? You would not believe how many times I wish autism was not part of my life. Maybe autism is the trade off for him surviving in the first place. He was extremely sick at birth and there were days I thought we would never see him come home alive. I look back now and the signs of autism smack me in the face! For a long time, I was so grateful just to have him here. Maybe that is why I missed them, who knows? I hate sounding so pitiful because I don't want anyone's pity. I want people to understand that there are things which are significantly harder when you have a child with autism. I beg anyone reading this, if you know someone you think might be showing signs of autism please talk to the parents. You may be right, you may be wrong but at least they would know for sure. God bless to all!!