09/10/2025
When you think about becoming a parent, you picture the 'typical' things like days at the park, cheering from the sidelines at football, helping them learn to ride a bike, signing them up for gymnastics or teaching them to skateboard ect.. You build those dreams in your head long before they even arrive.
But life had other plans for us.
Having a child with nonverbal autism wasn’t something we ever expected. The early days were confusing, scary, and full of unknowns. We had to learn a completely different way to communicate, to connect, to celebrate progress no matter how small.
And over time, everything changed.
Yes, our lives look very different now. We’ve become full time carers, advocates, and experts in patience and love. The world we imagined shifted.. but it also became so much richer. We celebrate things others might overlook. We’ve learned to slow down and notice the simplest moments.
X has taught us more about unconditional love and pure happiness than we ever thought possible. We wouldn’t change a thing.
We may not spend our weekends at gymnastics or football practice, but we’re living something far more powerful.. a life full of meaning, love, and perspective. And we truly couldn’t imagine life any other way.
💙💛
