Good News: Happy Birthday Abby!

Although my website is back up, I'm not posting there until I have transferred to my new host and I do a bit of redesign. So once again, I will do my Good News post on this blog rather than my other one. That is fine as my good news is autism-related.

Tomorrow is our daughter Abby's fourteenth birthday. It is hard to believe that she is this old already. It seems like only yesterday that we were bringing her home from the hospital.

Abby is a major daddy's girl (just like Logan is a momma's boy). We have always been very close. It was one of the hardest things when she went off to a group home. But we have made good choices that have strengthened our relationship with her. We get regular visits with Abby and they are always lots of fun.

On our most recent visit, Abby was super-hyper. There was lots of giggles and jumping around. It is so good to see her happy.

Happy birthday Abby! We love you!

Good News: Love My Kids

Since my main website is down again, I will write my Good News post here. I do a weekly Good News post on my blog as a way of trying to stay positive.

This past week, we had our two children with autism come for a visit. It was nice in that our other three children were away at camp and so things were a bit quieter in the house. It is difficult having our children living in a different city but there are good things. We get to see them regularly and the overnight visits are going very well. Our relationship with them is much better now than it was when they lived with us. We can enjoy them without all of the daily stress that comes with autism.

We have a lot of fun with our children and that is good news.

Enjoying some Mac & Cheese together!

In This video, my daughter shares her opinion of my singing.

Autism Can Include Good News

On my main website, I post a weekly Good News post. I started this a number of years ago during a dark time in my life. It was a way of looking past all the difficulties and finding something that I could be thankful for. It began as a daily discipline and eventually moved to a weekly post.

Unfortunately, my main website is currently down and so I can't post a Good News post there today. But I can do it here.

First, I would like to encourage other autism families to do this. It is good to find the good news in all of the other things that happen.

My autism-related Good News is that our children are home for a visit. They live in a group home and come for overnight visits twice a month. I'm thankful that they are in a great group home where they are cared for. I'm thankful that Logan and Abby can be in a group home together, as this has made a huge positive impact on them. I'm thankful that we get to see them regularly. I'm thankful that we can enjoy them and have a fantastic relationship with them.

There are many things about autism I don't like. But I still can find plenty about our situation that I can be thankful for. This is Good News.