Broken but still Beautiful
" Oh my darling it's true. Beautiful things have dents and scratches too." For the most part, my posts are meant to help, to be informative, fun, something you can relate to. This one is no different. While having special needs kids is amazing, often hilarious because of the things they get into, and such a lesson all the time, it's also hard as hell. I'm used to the reactions I get when people find out that both of my kids have ASD, I recite, in my head, the questions they will ask next even before they open their mouths, I've mastered my replies. For years I would simply respond with "Having ASD kids is all I've know, or nah it's not too hard, or they are such a blessing." For some reason, I felt obligated to be reassuring in my responses, upbeat, nonchalant, like I had to ease their concern. I was afraid of looking like a bad mother, or being judged. So I put on a brave face, smiled through the questions, and did my best to conv...