My 11-year-old daughter, Riley, wrote a book when she was 9 titled "Life With An Autistic Brother." In the first few days after it was printed, she made enough money from sales to buy herself a new bike. Her book really opens your eyes to what siblings deal with. Her positive attitude speaks volumes about her. She is patient and understanding and is considering a career working with special needs children when she grows up. She does an excellent job. I know she will be great at it. All of my children are awesome. I'm a lucky mom. :)
It's so important to let your children know how much you appreciate them. Mine have made plenty of sacrifices as I'm sure many siblings like them have. While they still find things to complain about, I can't think of one time when any of them have protested about things they miss out on because of their little brother's disability. They are a blessing to me and to Johnny as well.
Perfection. I often think of how wonderful Johnny's siblings are with him. They never cease to amaze me. They are so loving and patient, and have learned that from watching you.
ReplyDeleteI am enjoying your blog so much.....I find myself checking several times a day to see if you've made a new entry. It's fabulous, just like its author.
I'd love a copy of Riley's book. I agree with Anita about enjoying your blog. I also check for new entries often. Great picture of the kids above. I keep forgetting you have another son that's not pitured.
ReplyDeleteWow thank you guys. You're so sweet. I come upon like 5 situations a day where I say "Oh I'm gonna have to put that in my blog." I have to space them out though. I like each one to be basically about one subject although I tend to ramble just a little. And I have to start on the recipes I promised! Something funny I wanted to put in this one but didn't....I noticed today Johnny and I were covered with brown dots...arms, legs, shirts, everything. Then I noticed when he's drawing his BROWN telephone poles with his new BROWN marker, he stands up and looks at it and flaps. We are being showered with brown ink from the marker. What am I supposed to do about that? Tell him to stop flapping? Luckily it's washable and comes off with just water.
ReplyDeleteMy oldest son, Daniel hasn't made it up here to visit yet but I'd sure love it if he did! And Anita took that picture! She's a great photographer.
Thanks for the nice comments. :)
Knowing your family...all of them...I can see why God gave Johnny to you and no one else. ♥
ReplyDeleteWhy? Because of all that bad stuff I did as a teenager? Nah...thanks Trish. That's such a nice thing to say. I do have the most amazing family a person could ever ask for. Each and every one of them plays an important part in his life too. I'm so happy to be here in MD with them and not in FL in the situation I was in. I thank God for them daily.
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