Sleep, the glorious thing we all need happened again. I woke up early but convinced myself somehow to go back to sleep. We slept once again until almost six. Owen woke up in a great mood but once again the focus was not on today but on all his days ahead. My distraction technique needed to be on point today.
I’m researching ways to help Owen focus on his moments instead of his lifetime. The reward for him comes in the future moments that he has to control and not the moments we are in. There are so many techniques that I have tried and I put them on a shelf because I don’t see any results or not the ones I’m hoping for.
The morning went quickly and his focus was on the bus tomorrow and who he would see. I asked him about church today and he couldn’t wait to get there but he kept talking about his tomorrow. He surprised me by listening pretty well when we needed to get ready. He left his tablet to do the steps I told him to do. We headed out to the car and he listened to me with those instructions as well.
In the car, we practiced a new technique to see if it would help calm him. I asked him to make three things he saw. He started naming things that he couldn’t see in this moment but instead in his future. I talked to him more about the now and seeing in the moment. He was able to then tell me he saw Mommy, the car, and the “skeleton” building. It was progress.
We moved on to three things he could hear. This also took him a few tries but we got it. The easiest for him was to move three body parts. He listed off about ten as he moved himself enough I could hear him. We did the whole process one more time. He did each step a little faster this time. I told him we would do it again on the way home. He said, “Take a break.” I’m not sure if this is an answer but it is helping him make more connections.
Owen doesn’t understand today is Mother’s Day but he does understand that I love him. There is nothing more important to me than knowing my son knows love. Days are days but kindness, grace, and love are what matter.
Life doesn’t hinge on the moments that I face challenges but instead, the moments that I have loved through the challenges that we have faced. I let him know that I don’t always have the answers or get it right but I have the love for him that will get us through anything that is put in front of us.
The day was filled with emotions but the best emotion was love. My mom gave me the best example of what love means and being her daughter taught me what the word mom means but more than that she taught me what love feels like. Find the meaning of love and watch your world grow. Smiles to all and donut daze!
I’m researching ways to help Owen focus on his moments instead of his lifetime. The reward for him comes in the future moments that he has to control and not the moments we are in. There are so many techniques that I have tried and I put them on a shelf because I don’t see any results or not the ones I’m hoping for.
The morning went quickly and his focus was on the bus tomorrow and who he would see. I asked him about church today and he couldn’t wait to get there but he kept talking about his tomorrow. He surprised me by listening pretty well when we needed to get ready. He left his tablet to do the steps I told him to do. We headed out to the car and he listened to me with those instructions as well.
In the car, we practiced a new technique to see if it would help calm him. I asked him to make three things he saw. He started naming things that he couldn’t see in this moment but instead in his future. I talked to him more about the now and seeing in the moment. He was able to then tell me he saw Mommy, the car, and the “skeleton” building. It was progress.
We moved on to three things he could hear. This also took him a few tries but we got it. The easiest for him was to move three body parts. He listed off about ten as he moved himself enough I could hear him. We did the whole process one more time. He did each step a little faster this time. I told him we would do it again on the way home. He said, “Take a break.” I’m not sure if this is an answer but it is helping him make more connections.
Owen doesn’t understand today is Mother’s Day but he does understand that I love him. There is nothing more important to me than knowing my son knows love. Days are days but kindness, grace, and love are what matter.
Life doesn’t hinge on the moments that I face challenges but instead, the moments that I have loved through the challenges that we have faced. I let him know that I don’t always have the answers or get it right but I have the love for him that will get us through anything that is put in front of us.
The day was filled with emotions but the best emotion was love. My mom gave me the best example of what love means and being her daughter taught me what the word mom means but more than that she taught me what love feels like. Find the meaning of love and watch your world grow. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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