The thought of a new year should have helped me lift the edge of the rug and sweep the past behind. But instead I felt myself wrestling with angst for what is to come, for the unknown and unseen. But God has never left our side, even on the darkest of days. God is with me. God is with my son. And He is not asking us to step forward into the unknown—not without him.
Emily and Max got help in a flash when they attempted to get Max’s picture taken for his passport.
Something redeeming happens when you risk admitting your deepest hurts—you meet people. People become part of the healing.
On this journey of special needs parenting, we might have those moments when we want to quit. But we are designed for something different, something better.
Emily asked Max how he would describe autism. He answered with two simple words.
Emily and Max went to see a movie. But they never imagined they would become the entertainment.
As our children with special needs grow into adulthood, they need us to grow too.
Maybe this is what we all want—to find the spot where we belong, and to know that others will hold us up in it.