Being an #Autism parent is f*cking hard and life doesn’t make things any easier

It's been a minute since I've written anything publicly. I spent some time today writing but it was painful and unfortunately, necessary. I'm hoping to move forward now and put some of this recent shit in the rear view. All I can do is try. Life simply sucks sometimes, no matter now hard you try to see the positive. Life can suck even when there's plenty of positive things to celebrate as well. I've been struggling a great deal recently and if I'm ever able to explain in more detail, I will. For now, I'll simply say things have been difficult and this doesn't have anything to do with Lizze or the kids. This is all stuff from my childhood. I find it very challenging to focus on the things…

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Despite it being a difficult day, here are a few things I’m thankful for

We had a difficult day today. I'm on edge and the boys have been cooped up for too long. Gavin's been freaking out a lot lately and Lizze is still struggling with losing her grandmother a couple weeks ago. It's been one thing after another and today was just tough on all of us. Having said that and in the spirit of Thanksgiving, there are a few things that happened today that I'm incredibly thankful for. For starters, Elliott still has a nasty cough but is otherwise feeling better. That's a very good thing and with any luck, he'll continue to improve. Eariler today, I was sitting in bed writing when I heard Emmett crying. Lizze and I were trying to figure out what had happened. He's wasn't talking about…

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