I don't know how many people ever feel this way, let alone admit it, but there are times where I seriously question what the powers that be were thinking when they put me on this path.  Being a parent is hard enough. Adding Autism, fragile health, and several other serious mental health issues into the mix, makes things infinitely more difficult.  As Autism parents, we have to function twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, fifty two weeks a year, sometimes for the rest of our natural lives. We may never experience an empty nest.  It's exhausting, overwhelming, frustrating, heartbreaking, and even devastating at times. The stress level alone doesn't even qualify as stress. In reality, there isn't a word that can accurately express the level of stress…