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Friday, November 10, 2006

Good Days and Bad Days

I think Shawn and I have pretty much came to terms about everything regarding Thomas and things are looking up. The process of getting the help needed for him takes a long time and so I have started doing stuff on my own. Flash cards have been working really well with him so far. I have taken pictures around the house of all his the familiar items he needs to learn and today I'm going to go get some business type card, so when we go out I don't need to explain my son behavior to everyone. Instead I'll hand them a card and that should probably shut them up. Autism has really opened up my eyes to a lot of things. I have been doing alot of research and I can't believe the statistics on this disorder. 1 in every 69 boys is diagnosed with autism in North America! Every 20 minutes another child in the world is diagnosed with autism! These stats are just mind boggling.
Anyways in other news Shawn, myself and the kids are going up to Kelowna this weekend to look at a piece of property. I'm so excited and so is Shawn. Hopefully this lot is the one for us. It's fully fenced, two doors down from the park, 5 minutes from the floating bridge, 5 minute from westbank's shopping center, and all the schools are walking distances away. (It sounds perfect for what we're looking for) One more thing, there is a willow tree in the back yard beside a creek. I love willow trees, especially in the summer because I like to be in the shade most of the time. (I do love the sunny hot days though, just in doses.) This will be one of the only times in the next few years to move, so if the property is for us, then we're moving.
One last thing, thank-you to everyone who has prayed for my family and may God bless you all!!!

4 comments:

chaoticfamily said...

Good luck this weekend. Congrats to you for being so strong and taking a very pro-active approach towards your son. It is on the rise and the more awareness that is created the better the understanding.

Let me know how your house hunt goes! :) Just ask Jen why!

Lee said...

wow! kelowna... every time we go there, we are like "man we could SO live here!"

Nicci said...

I thought that you guys weren't moving to Kelowna! I wil be so sad to see you move up there but if that is God's will then who am I to say? You'll be moving away just as we move back. That stinks.

Karen said...

Hey,

I love you guys so much and I will miss you more than you know! I can't believe my best friend is moving so far away. I will continue to pray for all of you guys everyday! Thomas is my little cutie and I love him so much!