Posts Tagged ‘police’
What Color Shirt Was He Wearing?
The scariest moments of my life happened tonight. On a Monday in November. A normal day. A dark night. Not too cold. Sawyer left the house to play at 4:17 pm. I didn’t pay attention to what he was wearing because I was unloading the dishwasher and feeding the baby. We had just finished an argument about Pokémon cards. I told him he couldn’t take them out of this house. He disagreed. I yelled. He yelled back. So honestly, I breathed a sigh when he left. Silence. It had been…
Read MoreMother Posts Sign on House to Protect Autistic Son from Police
This story is almost three years old. I just learned of it today. I saw the photo above on Facebook. And I instantly felt ill. Sick to my stomach. Because I knew. This is the reality for so many parents in my world. This is my greatest fear. And I know say that a lot. I worry about who will care for Cooper after I am gone. Who will keep him safe. But in the now, in the day-to-day, I worry about protecting him from the world. He is nonverbal.…
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