Changed

Changed

With those four words, "your son has autism," our lives were forever changed. The dreams that I artificially ascribed to my son as fathers do, of him being a football player, doctor, or musician, changed with those four words. My mortality quickly came into focus; who will care for Noah when we die? I now must live forever rattled back and forth in my head. When your son or daughter gets a diagnosis of autism, it is not just that person who is diagnosed; your whole family is diagnosed. Dreams were changed not only for Noah but for his siblings as well. I wish I could say that siblings aren't affected, but that is wishful thinking. They

Our dreams as parents had to change once there were dreams of an empty nest and a savings account to retire on. Perfect sunset dreams danced through my head of my wife and I traveling the country in an RV; not sure she had those dreams, but I sure did. While that still may happen, it is evident that our nest will have at least one bird in it. Today's dreams are different, not better or worse, just different. However, that live forever thing is still number one on the list. So how do
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