Hello there, how are you?
I just wanted to say thank you for taking the time out of your day or night to read this. That is very kind and thoughtful of you already in my opinion.
My name is Rita , I’m a 31 years old mom of 3 children and they mean the world to me. My oldest son is autistic and turned 13 February 26th this year recently. I also have a 7 years old son and 3 years old daughter.
Parenting is tough already, but parenting a non verbal autistic child on the severe spectrum is even a tougher challenge. The thing that most people that can relate to this situation is that we just want to be like every other normal family out there, but that isn’t the case sometimes, what is normal right
Right now I am sitting on a mattress that we bought less than a year ago. We are already getting ready to throw away this mattress because the smell of urine from our autistic son having accidents has gotten bad. He isn’t able to use the bathroom on his own yet. All we can do is try to wash everything, place a blanket over and pray for a better day everyday.
In this household, there are no such thing as having nice things for too long. A lot of things get destroyed wether it’s clothes from accidents, blankets constantly being thrown out, or even items being thrown around and broken. I try to make it normal for my other children I don’t want them seeing any stress growing up so much. I try to protect there mental health as well. My autistic son receives SSI disability once a month, but doing the math of everything it is a bandaid to a huge problem and I’m thankful for any help period. I’m not used to asking for help. I know this personally because for the first time in my life last month, I checked into a facility for my mental health. I am in the process of getting help for a mental disorder I believe I’ve been struggling with for most of my life. I made myself get help for myself and kids. If you don’t care for your own self there is no way you will have the strength to keep fighting for your own children. Right now I am finding myself trying to keep my head above the water. Having a mental disorder that I’ve been tucking underneath the rug for so long and trying to stay strong for my kids mentally is not what I was prepared for, but you can only make the best out of the cards you were dealt in life. Thank you for reading my rambling and if you did manage to reach the end of my story, God gave you a good caring heart, because you wouldn’t be reading this if you didn’t care for others. Take care everybody.
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