This story you posted has always made me cry, i dont really know why, i dont personally think God has anything to do with what goes on earth... dont get me wrong, i do believe in a higher power(god), but i feel that we are here to gain knowlege and love...and sometimes the knowlege we experience is not good, but its knowledge just the same and we learn and grow from it.
I dont think God creates autism. Humans did that. Just as some humans can be cruel and mean.
To me, this story means nothing about my own mother, as it does to LG. So i guess it could be a story of half empty/half full...whether to dwell on the pain of being the child, or the joy of being the mother.... that is a choice. It means to me about how some are given the challenge of a special needs child and make the most of it. Cherishing each "step" ...cherishing each victory. The "mom-saints" help a child learn and grow - experience a good life. Those of us that give unselfishly of ourselves - so that our children know love receive our reward. And our reward is unconditional love. Pity those that cant see the prize they have been given. I hope one day LG can put the pain behind her, only seeing the good and know that she is the one in the mirror...that her children know love.
Im sorry you feel you cant post here...maybe if more of the half full folks shared their knowlege with the half empty folks eventually everyone would be full...? I have also been afraid to post here lately tho. It seems to me i try to share some information and i am condemd for it. What appears helpful to me is wrong in somone elses book. I have been feeling the world is against me and my son and so i may just be "touchy". I will probably be condemd for this post as well. But we each have our opinion. I just try to help my son and those like him. The children like my son, that cant speak, will never be independent, the children that are far more than just "different"...the children that will soon be adults and once their parents are gone will be at the mercy of those who do not care to love him. I dont really need criticism for trying to help.
You are welcome to take anything posted on this board and post it anywhere else.I dont have a problem with that.
