Tag: Autism Daddy

Adventure, Exploration, and Every Frightening Thought In Between

.Reading time 6 minutes.

You’re a fast one, Mr. Beckett. You’re silent, and stealthy, and adventurous. You love to explore, and feel, and see. And as much as your love for adventure adds to my love for you, it’s also downright terrifying. My brain swirls with these similar thoughts, from sun up to sun down: What if you get […]

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The Angels of Our World

.Reading time 5 minutes.

If someone approached me one day and asked me what emotion I have swirling inside, on a continuous reel, among the many, I’d name “guilt”. Guilt that my sons were born so early.Guilt that we lost our first child.Guilt that our household runs on just one income.Guilt that I don’t keep a tidier home.Guilt that […]

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What He Would Say

.Reading time 2 minutes.

I don’t often presume to know exactly what my littlest love is thinking. His mind is too beautiful for that. But if I had to guess what he’s feeling when he is with his Daddy… one of the easiest things I’d ever have to do, by far. In your presence, dear Husband, our son exudes […]

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