Posts Tagged ‘autism quote’
I Still Would Have Chosen You
I stumbled across a poem on Pinterest today by Terri Banish. It is titled, ‘I Still Would Have Chosen You.’ I read it. And I read it again. And again. And immediately burst into tears. Every word was perfect. I used to talk about the hard parts of severe autism with strangers. At work. Or with someone I met out. These were nice people that didn’t live in my world. They had no idea. And while they usually were absolutely wonderful, they just didn’t understand. I’d notice as I was…
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I often wonder why my son has autism. Why him? Why me? Why our family? There are nights where I’ll agonize over everything I did when I was pregnant. There are days when I’ll agonize over whether I should be doing more. Some days I’ll dwell. Some days I won’t. I call this the roller coaster of special needs parenting. And some days, I just want to read a beautiful poem like this one by Erma Bombeck. Enjoy. The Special Mother by Erma Bombeck Most women become mothers by accident,…
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