Life happens when you have something else planned. My mom always said that to me when I was younger and it floats through my head all the time. She still speaks very wise words. My plan was to sleep last night and between my body and Owen’s need to make sure I knew he was going to school today not much sleep was had. I realized yesterday that he is worried about school being almost out and he has no concrete summer plans because summer school is not happening like it should.
The good news about our early wake-up call was that he didn’t scream at me. He was relatively calm about the whole thing but needed more reassurance than my brain was even processing at the time. Coffee was my only line of defense. And it wasn’t getting in my body quick enough. Once we went through the fact that he was going to school he wanted to make sure he was riding the bus to school, I was picking him up for therapy, and then we were going to read to the “Dunbar middle horses.” He peppered in the question making sure he was also going to see his counselor in the morning, he could take his tablet, and use his tablet unless he was talking to him. This confirmation need lasted for several hours until he was off to school. The coffee truly was not transforming my brain quickly enough.
Having a child with the superpower of never forgetting a thing is amazing. Now that he can express more of his feelings, thoughts, and needs it is even more amazing because he is going way back in the vault of memories and asking about people, places, and things that he hasn’t seen in years. He remembers every tablet’s cover color he has ever had. He asks for them like they were there yesterday and not when he was three. He finds the houses of places we visited and parks we went to years ago, the list goes on and on. And then occasionally he will ask me a question about it in a language I don’t even recognize, while pulling up ringtones on his tablet so that he can ask YouTube for them. We got ready and he was off to school.
I picked him up from school and we were off to his therapy. He talked the whole way there about seeing the horses. He did better than okay with his therapy so that is good. His therapist told me they were able to do many exercises and he stayed calm even with several surprises like sharing the room with another child. We left there and he was so excited to go see the “Dunbar middle horse” as he keeps calling it.
We stayed for not quite an hour. He didn’t read to the horse but he was happy to be there. He loved petting the one named Lucy. She was so sweet with him. He loved rubbing her and watching the hair fall. It was very soothing for him. He told me we were going back tomorrow, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. I said we could probably go back a couple of times soon. He was so calm and even on the way home. He thoroughly enjoyed being there
When we got home he was walking around the house pointing at the walls, telling me “There are no more horses here time to get the horses.” He told me “go to grandma’s house on Saturday and then go see the horses.” It was amazing how many references to the horses he made all night.
He was off to bed and hopefully, he will sleep tonight. He had a lot on his mind and can’t wait to get his Friday started but I hoped it wasn’t until at least after five tomorrow. He couldn’t wait to go see his counselor, then school, more horse talk, and his weekend visit to grandma were all on his mind. He fell asleep quickly and I pray he rests. Today was an incredible gift. I’m so thankful his teacher invited us to go and it was a beautiful experience. His happiness was my pure joy. Be inspired by the world around you. Be in the moment and love what you do. Smiles to all and donut daze!
The good news about our early wake-up call was that he didn’t scream at me. He was relatively calm about the whole thing but needed more reassurance than my brain was even processing at the time. Coffee was my only line of defense. And it wasn’t getting in my body quick enough. Once we went through the fact that he was going to school he wanted to make sure he was riding the bus to school, I was picking him up for therapy, and then we were going to read to the “Dunbar middle horses.” He peppered in the question making sure he was also going to see his counselor in the morning, he could take his tablet, and use his tablet unless he was talking to him. This confirmation need lasted for several hours until he was off to school. The coffee truly was not transforming my brain quickly enough.
Having a child with the superpower of never forgetting a thing is amazing. Now that he can express more of his feelings, thoughts, and needs it is even more amazing because he is going way back in the vault of memories and asking about people, places, and things that he hasn’t seen in years. He remembers every tablet’s cover color he has ever had. He asks for them like they were there yesterday and not when he was three. He finds the houses of places we visited and parks we went to years ago, the list goes on and on. And then occasionally he will ask me a question about it in a language I don’t even recognize, while pulling up ringtones on his tablet so that he can ask YouTube for them. We got ready and he was off to school.
I picked him up from school and we were off to his therapy. He talked the whole way there about seeing the horses. He did better than okay with his therapy so that is good. His therapist told me they were able to do many exercises and he stayed calm even with several surprises like sharing the room with another child. We left there and he was so excited to go see the “Dunbar middle horse” as he keeps calling it.
We stayed for not quite an hour. He didn’t read to the horse but he was happy to be there. He loved petting the one named Lucy. She was so sweet with him. He loved rubbing her and watching the hair fall. It was very soothing for him. He told me we were going back tomorrow, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. I said we could probably go back a couple of times soon. He was so calm and even on the way home. He thoroughly enjoyed being there
When we got home he was walking around the house pointing at the walls, telling me “There are no more horses here time to get the horses.” He told me “go to grandma’s house on Saturday and then go see the horses.” It was amazing how many references to the horses he made all night.
He was off to bed and hopefully, he will sleep tonight. He had a lot on his mind and can’t wait to get his Friday started but I hoped it wasn’t until at least after five tomorrow. He couldn’t wait to go see his counselor, then school, more horse talk, and his weekend visit to grandma were all on his mind. He fell asleep quickly and I pray he rests. Today was an incredible gift. I’m so thankful his teacher invited us to go and it was a beautiful experience. His happiness was my pure joy. Be inspired by the world around you. Be in the moment and love what you do. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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