I used to look at my boys and wonder about their future…
I used to look at my boys and wonder about their future…
I used to look at my boys and wonder about their future.
I would ask typical questions like…
“I wonder if/who they will marry?”
“How will I teach them about life? About Love? About values?”
“How will I make sure they don’t make the same mistakes I made?”
Now, being in the situation we are in, I still have those same questions. But they have been DWARFED by other more pressing questions…
“Will Jonah ever learn to be self-sufficient?”
“How will Jonny’s future be affected?”
“Will Jonny (and possibly his future family) have to be Jonah’s caretaker after we are gone?”
There are many MANY more unanswered questions about the future, immediate and distant.
These are just a handful.
I go here more than I care to admit.
Sometimes it’s therapeutic just to get some of those unanswered questions out there. But I find if I dwell on them, it can lead to worry, which is the beginning of a path I don’t like to travel.
The fear of the unknown can be crippling.
When thinking about the future, I don’t like to dwell on negative possibilities, but instead on the possible positive outcomes.
But, if I am honest, as a parent, we ALL have the same worries.
Thanks to Stories About Autism for sharing