On my birthday

     I’m taking this opportunity, on my 39th birthday, to take a day off. On that note, I thought it appropriate to repost my original entry into this world of blogging. I revisit it often, because it’s the beginning of a book I’ve been writing. Blogging was my way of forcing myself to continue along that path. It’s become oh, so much more, but ultimately, at its core, this blog is about what’s written below.

     I used to say “God never gives you more than you can handle.” And, in the way that people we spend only the briefest about of time with can sometimes do, an acquaintance profoundly changed my mindset. I was talking with a woman one day who responded to my sentiment about what God gives us by saying, “No, God gives us what we need.”  

     What a powerful statement. I still haven’t figured out how that statement applies to me exactly, but I’m on the watch (and receive clues) for it daily.

 

      My husband and I have a 6 year old with high functioning autism. He is an extraordinary child to say the least. Parenting him has been nothing like I thought parenting would be - in happy ways and in challenging ones as well. 

    

 Welcome to our journey.