As Nick ( her father) and myself sat and watched our daughter play in the BX yesterday I have to admit there were tears in my eyes. I don't notice her Autism at home much anymore because she is hardly around other kids... But here in public she is surrounded by kids of all ages, and I watched as my daughter shrunk further and further into her own little world. She wasn't playing with the other kids in fact she was doing the opposite... So often I find myself coming up with reasons why Taylor can not play in public with other children; She will bite one of them, its not clean, she doesn't need to play today ... I could go on... but I wont- it is embarrassing to be now to see that I have been holding my child back but the truth is I didn't want to see what we saw the other day... her shrinking into her own world.
As I sat there and watched all I could think of was how the little one year old who was running and screaming with all of the "big" kids should be Taylor. But alas it isn't and the little Taylor that we have is a miracle and autism or not she is ours and that truly is all that matters. :)
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