Goodbye 2012. So much happened, good, bad, ugly, but a whole lot of positive. First and foremost, my Mama kicked cancer's ass. Yes Mom, I said ass. There was a time there where Satan was working overtime but with her faith, our family's faith, our friends' faith, the Lord and Mom won the battle.
Secondly, ( I don't think I like that word but it fits here) Kaiden won. He can now communicate everyday with us and is a boy. A three year old boy. A boy that plays non stop, a boy that does not even let this autism stuff stand in his way. There are days that go by that I never see one "symptom". Don't get me wrong, there are days where I want to punch autism in the face if it had one. But, over the course of a year, he has defied the odds, just like I said he would. He never gave up, yes he's only three and didn't really have an option because we never gave up. Four days a week going to therapy and multiple hours of it at home. Thousands of miles driven, thousands of dollars spent, thousands of tears cried. But worth them all.
2012 also brought renewed relationships and renewed faith. At church one morning I threw away the key of holding a grudge (literally had a key that the pastor gave us and left it at the altar). From that day on, life has been so much easier. So much better for our family. It is possible for parents and step parents or whatever you want to call it to get along. It may not be easy at first (we could tell many stories) but prayer works wonders. I pray all the time. I pray before going to bed, when I wake up, in the shower, before I walk into a new situation, in the middle of lunch duty.......the answers may not always be what we want to hear but He hears them and leads us in the direction we need to go. I get the praying from my mama and her mama:)
My best friend lost her sweet baby boy in 2012 and almost lost her father. I sat with her last night as the ball was dropping and she said "2013 has to be a better year". She has taught me more than she will EVER know. I held her hand as she went through the worst day of her life and now in 2013 she will welcome a sweet baby boy.
Kaiden will now go to the UNT center four days a week. One day for speech therapy and the other three for his ABA therapy. It's so nice to have a consistent schedule that is so close to home. I hated having him in the car for hours going to and from therapy. Insurance will work in our benefit (until September) and we will not have to pay a dime in just a couple of months!
Christmas is all packed up here at the Mommy and Kaiden house and we have to wait another year for the "most wonderful time of the year". Kind of seems like the fast forward button was hit during the holidays.
The end of 2012 brought me unexpected happiness and I cannot wait to see what 2013 has in store.
I love you all, and whether you know it or not, you have touched my life and I am so thankful to have you in it. That was a lot of you's in one sentence:)
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