Comments on: Passing Milestones http://wakingsophie.com/passing-milestones Our Journey Through Biomedical Treatment of Autism Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:53:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: It finally happened, the tooth came out. | wakingsophie.com http://wakingsophie.com/passing-milestones/comment-page-1#comment-930 It finally happened, the tooth came out. | wakingsophie.com Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:38:47 +0000 http://wakingsophie.com/?p=370#comment-930 [...] then a month since I wrote my first weepy, whiny post about my little girl’s loose tooth, it finally came out. I started to give my Sophie her [...] [...] then a month since I wrote my first weepy, whiny post about my little girl’s loose tooth, it finally came out. I started to give my Sophie her [...]

]]> By: Sarah http://wakingsophie.com/passing-milestones/comment-page-1#comment-895 Sarah Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:32:26 +0000 http://wakingsophie.com/?p=370#comment-895 Thank you Amy, You are absolutely right, she will have her own special milestones and I should honor them. Praying for your family. Sarah Thank you Amy, You are absolutely right, she will have her own special milestones and I should honor them. Praying for your family.
Sarah

]]> By: Amy Heymann http://wakingsophie.com/passing-milestones/comment-page-1#comment-894 Amy Heymann Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:28:22 +0000 http://wakingsophie.com/?p=370#comment-894 Hi, a friend just sent me a link to your blog. My oldest daughter Jessica has autism. I remember when she got her first period. I cried because she has grown up with out talking. I had hoped for her to recover. It's sad. But as long as I just compare her to her, love her for the wonderful person she is, and not think about what could have been or what will be...I am fine. You might be surprised what your child "gets". I use to be sad because of the birthday parties that never were, and never knowing what to get her for Christmas. Now I just see Jessica as her own person. She really likes something's. I do those small special things with her. And even if taking her window shopping or getting her an IKEA catalog would be nothing to my other children...its just the special stuff she likes. I meet her where she is at and love her there. A lost tooth may have been another Childs mild stone, but your child will just have other mild stones. It always helps me never to compare Jessica to anyone else. It also helps me not to worry about tomorrow but to love the now with her. She is 17 years old and still can not talk. She does write. I know she is smart. She is so sweet and lovely. I wish she was healthy, but I will take her anyway I can. I still look for and pray for a cure. Even if the treatment we do does not cure her, it does help her feel better. It is worth it. My very best to you. Hi, a friend just sent me a link to your blog. My oldest daughter Jessica has autism. I remember when she got her first period. I cried because she has grown up with out talking. I had hoped for her to recover. It’s sad. But as long as I just compare her to her, love her for the wonderful person she is, and not think about what could have been or what will be…I am fine. You might be surprised what your child “gets”.
I use to be sad because of the birthday parties that never were, and never knowing what to get her for Christmas. Now I just see Jessica as her own person. She really likes something’s. I do those small special things with her. And even if taking her window shopping or getting her an IKEA catalog would be nothing to my other children…its just the special stuff she likes. I meet her where she is at and love her there. A lost tooth may have been another Childs mild stone, but your child will just have other mild stones. It always helps me never to compare Jessica to anyone else. It also helps me not to worry about tomorrow but to love the now with her. She is 17 years old and still can not talk. She does write. I know she is smart. She is so sweet and lovely. I wish she was healthy, but I will take her anyway I can. I still look for and pray for a cure. Even if the treatment we do does not cure her, it does help her feel better. It is worth it. My very best to you.

]]> By: Sarah http://wakingsophie.com/passing-milestones/comment-page-1#comment-893 Sarah Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:05:26 +0000 http://wakingsophie.com/?p=370#comment-893 Thanks Mom. Thanks Mom.

]]> By: Mom http://wakingsophie.com/passing-milestones/comment-page-1#comment-892 Mom Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:09:28 +0000 http://wakingsophie.com/?p=370#comment-892 My darling girl, You of the beautiful smile and wonderful laugh; you with your fun-loving, adventurous spirit; you with your great compassion, devotion, and deep faith; you, my love, are your little Sophies' "childhood magic", every day of her blessed life. You know that every milestone of my own life was punctuated by my mothers' own grief, and the words; poor little Susie will never be able to........, and that I've struggled to forgive her and be able to be OK with being happy for myself. So, grieve when you need to honey, but know that to everyone fortunate enough to know and love you, that you are the magic that lights so many of our lives, and that Sophie will have all the magic a child could ever ask for. Your MOM My darling girl,

You of the beautiful smile and wonderful laugh; you with your fun-loving, adventurous spirit; you with your great compassion, devotion, and deep faith; you, my love, are your little Sophies’ “childhood magic”, every day of her blessed life.

You know that every milestone of my own life was punctuated by my mothers’ own grief, and the words; poor little Susie will never be able to…….., and that I’ve struggled to forgive her and be able to be OK with being happy for myself.

So, grieve when you need to honey, but know that to everyone fortunate enough to know and love you, that you are the magic that lights so many of our lives, and that Sophie will have all the magic a child could ever ask for.

Your MOM

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