***My Greatest Release***

I am celebrating my greatest release today. Yes, BE MINE FOREVER is out today, but that is not the greatest release I’m talking about. Today is my son’s 14th birthday. How apt that the book I released and the sweet miracle I gave birth to share this date. He has been my greatest gift and my greatest challenge. As parents, sometimes we get things we didn’t count on with our kids. Check that. As parents, we ALWAYS get things we didn’t count on. For my husband and me, it was autism, and it capsized our world and every expectation we had for our son.

Can I tell you something? I used to cry on his birthday. I’m ashamed to say that, but I did. Because every year I found myself saying, “Gosh, I just knew he would be doing this by this age. I just knew he’d be doing that. I just knew he’d be BETTER!” And I always felt this gulf growing and growing between how old he was chronologically and where he was cognitively and socially and developmentally. I am crying as I type this, not because of that but because this was such a great day. A day that has sometimes been really hard for me, was awesome. And a lot of you were a part of that!

We are about to take him out for his birthday, but I couldn’t go “offline” without making sure that every one who has bought a book or who plans to knows you are doing a small part to raise Autism awareness. 25% of my royalties go to support families living with Autism. So, look what you did! 🙂

 

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Thank you!

 

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