A Is For Autism

Well, here we are in April already!

And that means the annual A to Z Challenge!

Over 1700 bloggers come together and post

about one letter of the alphabet for each day during

the month of April.  So April 1st is for A, the 2nd for B,

and so on, with Sundays not included.

If you want to join in or see others who are

participating, click HERE.

It would be just about impossible for me not to think of

A being for anything but autism!

April is Autism Awareness Month!

  And for those visiting

from the challenge who may not know me, I have 19

year old triplet boys with autism.

 Challenging?  Yes.  Life changing?  Yes.

But I wouldn't want them to belong to anyone but me. :)

They are non-verbal and considered low functioning.

Two of them are whizzes on the computer

and one loves to help in the kitchen and tidy up the house.

They don't sense danger and have a lot of quirks

but they are funny, affectionate and sweet.

Spencer, Alex and Harry

We've been instructed to keep our A2Z posts brief, so I will.

But if you want to read more in depth about my thoughts on autism

and how our family has coped or even my thoughts on how

you can encourage a family dealing with autism,

click HERE for a guest post I did for another blogger.  Here's

just a little of what I wrote there...

Autism has taught me a lot.
 It's shown me how strong and resilient I can be.
 How the sun comes up even after the most horrible of days.
 And it's increased my faith in God and broadened it in directions
 that I never thought possible. Do I have all of my 'why' questions answered? 
No. But I'm a better person because of what I
 have gone through and continue to live with.
 I find myself content when others are complaining about
 the pettiest of problems. I don't sweat the little things.
 I feel I have a broader perspective of life and remember 
to see the big picture. And I feel I truly find beauty and happiness
 in the smallest of life's gifts.

♥