I am sitting here tonight and I have to share something that tickles me with you. Writing this blog has been the most fun I have had in a long time ( I know, that is really not something I should be proudly admitting ) But since it is the first one I have done, the thing that is intruiging me the most is tracking where you are reading this from! My own Canada, the US, Hungary, New Zealand, China, Singapore! Wow! Welcome!
It is late here and we have been watching the news about all of what people are surviving in Japan after the earthquake and the tsunami. People who have lost everything, loved ones, their homes, trying to simply to keep themselves and their children warm and stay alive to greet another day. People in the middle east fighting for their freedom, so that their children might enjoy the opportunties that we mostly take for granted. I am awed by the need to somehow touch the world and reconnect our universal conciousness, to remind each person that no matter what religion we are, where we live, what we do or who we are, we all love our children just the same. We all have the same needs and the same desires. I think somehow, thinking about these kind of conflicts and fears for ourselves and our children, as human beings, make us all a bit more able to drop our own maps of the world and worry and care for those a half a world away. Suddenly they, don't seem that much different than us. Suddently their children are all of our children.
I am sure Autism and ADD feel the same to a parent in Canada or the US as they do in Hungary, China, New Zealand or Singapore. What binds us all is hope. Hope that tomorrow will bring a few words, an easier day at school, or the gift of a friend. Our strength is knowing that there are people out there changing the future for our kids one step at a time. People like Temple Grandin explaining from her perspective what the world looks like through our children's eyes so that we might find some way to reach them in the dark. To all the professionals that make the difference in our lives everyday, from teachers, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, doctors, psychiatrists, I extend a sincere thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all that you do and the love, understanding and care that you share with our children every day. We all sometimes think we are walking our path alone, but we don't have to. Our strength and our sanity is in sharing our joys and our struggles and knowing that no matter what, we are never truly alone. Thank you for taking this journey with me and bless you whereever you may be this night.
In love and light,
Kathryn
It is late here and we have been watching the news about all of what people are surviving in Japan after the earthquake and the tsunami. People who have lost everything, loved ones, their homes, trying to simply to keep themselves and their children warm and stay alive to greet another day. People in the middle east fighting for their freedom, so that their children might enjoy the opportunties that we mostly take for granted. I am awed by the need to somehow touch the world and reconnect our universal conciousness, to remind each person that no matter what religion we are, where we live, what we do or who we are, we all love our children just the same. We all have the same needs and the same desires. I think somehow, thinking about these kind of conflicts and fears for ourselves and our children, as human beings, make us all a bit more able to drop our own maps of the world and worry and care for those a half a world away. Suddenly they, don't seem that much different than us. Suddently their children are all of our children.
I am sure Autism and ADD feel the same to a parent in Canada or the US as they do in Hungary, China, New Zealand or Singapore. What binds us all is hope. Hope that tomorrow will bring a few words, an easier day at school, or the gift of a friend. Our strength is knowing that there are people out there changing the future for our kids one step at a time. People like Temple Grandin explaining from her perspective what the world looks like through our children's eyes so that we might find some way to reach them in the dark. To all the professionals that make the difference in our lives everyday, from teachers, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, doctors, psychiatrists, I extend a sincere thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all that you do and the love, understanding and care that you share with our children every day. We all sometimes think we are walking our path alone, but we don't have to. Our strength and our sanity is in sharing our joys and our struggles and knowing that no matter what, we are never truly alone. Thank you for taking this journey with me and bless you whereever you may be this night.
In love and light,
Kathryn
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