Sometimes in this life you can forget how truly giving people can be and I have recently been reminded. As most of you know, I am walking for Autism again this year and people have just been amazingly generous with their donations in honor of Isaac. Co-workers, friends, & family have just gone above and beyond anything I could have expected and I am so grateful. It just touches my heart that there are people out there who want to see good things happen for families like mine who are just desperately praying, searching, and hoping for a cure, improvement in early intervention, funding for adults with autism transitions, etc....
Isaac recently saw himself on my fundraising website and asked about it. I told him that it was for our walk for Autism and he just said "oh, okay, cool." I wonder if he understands. We have never hidden the word from him or it's relation to him, but it is not quite time for that "talk" yet as I don't feel like he is ready to grasp it and I am definitely not ready to explain it to him. I just hope that as he grows that he feels pride at attending these events and owning this part of who he is. You still get those "poor autistic kid" looks every once in a while when it comes into conversation, but people that know us and know Isaac know that it is not something that we are ashamed of, afraid of, or would change if we had the chance. His daily growth and healing is part of what makes our family who we are and we are blessed!
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