Posts Tagged ‘victory’
Celebrating Victories
I used to not be good at celebrating victories. I was so hyper-focused on everything my son had to learn that I lived in this crazy place where I kept thinking about what I needed to teach him next. Almost like a checklist. And I’d tell myself…when ‘this’ happens, then we will celebrate. When he starts talking or when he does whatever. It came from a place of love and devotion to help him. I wanted to help him so badly. But because of it, I missed a lot of…
Read MoreBut, We Kept Trying
We are a beach family. My husband and I met at the beach. For years we have visited different beaches and resorts to enjoy the sun, sand and water. That is…until our little Braxton turned two. Although we didn’t get an official diagnosis until he was 3, I knew from the time he was born that he was different. This diagnosis, autism, robbed our family of the one thing we all loved to do together. The sand felt like glass. The sound of the waves might as well have been…
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