FabSwingers.com forum: A poem for Christmas........

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I saw this this morning and it really details on how my Christmas'es go with my Autistic daughter.

I hope you like it

Twas the Night Before Christmas and all through the house

The creatures were stirring. Yes, even the mouse

We tried melatonin and gave a hot bath

But the holiday jitters they always distract

The children were finally all nestled in bed

When nightmares of terror ran through my OWN head

Did I get the right gift the right color and style would there be a tantrum or even, maybe, a smile?

Our relatives come but they don’t understand

The pleasure she gets just from flapping his hands.

“She needs discipline,” they say “Just a well-needed smack,

You must learn to parent…” And on goes the attack

We smile and nod because we know deep inside

The argument is moot. Let them all take a side

We know what it’s like to live with the spectrum

The struggles and triumphs achievements, regressions…

But what they don’t know and what they don’t see

Is the joy that we feel over simplicity

She said “hello.” She ate something green!

She told his first lie! she did not cause a scene!

She peed on the potty who cares if he’s ten,

She stopped saying the same thing again and again!

Others don’t realize just how we can cope

How we bravely hang on at the end of our rope

But what they don’t see is the joy we can’t hide

When our children with autism make the tiniest stride

We may look at others without the problems we face

With jealousy, hatred or even distaste,

But what they don’t know nor sometimes do we

Is that children with autism bring simplicity.

We don’t get excited over expensive things

We jump for joy with the progress work brings

Children with autism try hard every day

That they make us proud more than words can say.

They work even harder than you or I

To achieve something small to reach a star in the sky

So to those who don’t get it or can’t get a clue

Take a walk in my shoes And I’ll assure you

That even 10 minutes into the walk

You’ll look at me with respect, even shock.

You will realize what it is I go through

And the next time you judge I can assure you

That you won’t say a thing you’ll be quiet and learn,

Like the years that I did when the tables were turned…….

I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone of you "A very merry Christmas and a happy and wealthy 2014 xxx