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I am sitting with my thoughts, listening to what I have been trying to tell myself for years but could never hear amongst the chaos. The world has become quiet and I am starting to see. I am starting to hear, not only what I need, but what my kids need, and it is so simple. Love. Love is all anyone needs.
There is beauty in the broken, that is true. Our battle wombs and scars tell a story, some of bravery and courage and others of survival and pain, and some victory and triumph. In that beauty, lies who we are, our character, our essence, our being. But are we really broken?
My youngest child, my “golden child”, is the one that sucks my soul, the one who keeps me on my toes and has me making hard parenting decisions. Did his two older siblings not prepare me for what was to come? Some say he is like my first child, but I disagree. We can categorize and box anything we want if we need to give it some meaning or reason. However, the reality is, kids are who the are… and we really never know what we are going to get regardless of age, gender or whether they are the oldest, youngest or in between. They are who they are. Maguire is who he is.
How do we know when to push our kids, and when to let them find their own way? How do we know when to brush off the dirt and wipe the tears away, or let them curl up with their blanket and stay in their safe place. Finding the balance between pushing our kids outside their comfort zone and allowing them to do as they want, can be extremely difficult.
I often get asked my opinion on vaccines. Did I give them to my kids and my view on them. Because I have a son with Autism, it is assumed that I am in the know and that I have a strong belief about vaccines. Well the truth is, I don’t.
As my life is shifting and my transformation continues, so will my blog and my purpose. I will continue to share about my kids and life being an Autism Mom on Velcro Shoes. My new website will be launching soon and I will be focusing on helping YOU.
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Can you imagine that moment, as a first-time parent, hearing those words from your child’s pediatrician after expressing your exhaustion and frustration with your child’s unwavering inability to sleep? My son, Jordan, had sleep issues from the get go, never sleeping for more than a couple hours at a time.
These children will not conform to the standard rules of society, but we can coach them to work within the social boundaries. It takes energy, determination and drive and to do this. Our current education system is draconic we are not going to see “out of the box thinkers”. These children are the inventors, the entrepreneurs, the leaders, the Einstein’s and Elon Musk’s of the future. How will their future look if we continue to tell these spirited children they are wrong that they somehow need medication to make them normal.
It wasn’t until Arie was about 18 months I started to notice some differences. He was happy and cheeky but also very reluctant to socialise with other children. I had worked with children with additional needs for my entire working career but I never really considered having one myself.
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