Heidi G karlsson

Yes. This is our family photo. And I love it. And I love our family. And these last 5 years have been the most difficult years of my life. Recently I posted our family photo on facebook. I was shocked. 70 likes? Or something like that. 20 comments. For our little page and our small number of friends, I thought those numbers were pretty high. Don't get me wrong, this is a great photo. We are who we are. We have some great times, some hilarious kids, a great husband, great neighborhood, amazing church family... wonderful family. But we also have something else in our home. We have autism. It's such an interesting.... diagnosis... situation. What do you call it. Maybe one day I will say that I am so thankful for what autism has taught our family, but I will be honest and say that since our diagnosis in August and our discovery of how autism is affecting our son Noah, I have nothing good to say about autism. The only gift it brings to us, that I can see right now, is that it has ...

a day is gone well, half and i am torn between being me and preserving the chance that i will remain sane for the rest of it. rest. ever get some? or does that lit up beeping thing that slick beauty in your hand keep you everyday alldaynight in demand waiting for whispers some sort of connection i text therefore, i am then there is that blue page the rage we all wait walk across our own stage sometimes 20 times a day or more what might someone say about what i said when i saw what they wrote on their post i digress two nights in a row once i told my thoughts to go thru my head didn't keep them away didn't let them stay just closed my eyes for five and gave light a chance to grace my brain rest. best do it again before i forget how great it is to wait listen to peace let go of control and be.