Comments on: A Letter To My Son

By: Szasstam1917

Szasstam1917 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:58:25 +0000

I am a 35 years old man just recently diagnosed with asperger´s syndrome (and I suspect that my father was an aspie too) with a caring, loving mother like you….
Your letter was great !
With backing from family and friends, an aspie can be quite succesful in life.
Yes, aspies are prone to depression, and we may feel alone at times, but with a bit of understanding from others we behave well in society.
Love and understanding can do miracles in relieving us from our anguish and sadeness…
Reading your letter helps me understand my own mothers´s feelings, thank you wendie, keep up your great work with your charming son…..

P.S. by the way, I am a big fan of evilbeet´s

By: Sasha222

Sasha222 — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:47:35 +0000

Beautiful just beautiful! The past two years of my sister’s life has been a whirlwind of tears, turmoil, discovery, sadness, and every other emotion you can think of since her son was diagnosed. Our entire family has engulfed ourselves in research and learning about Autism. And I love directing her toward posts like this. Mothers really need to share their stories with one another, because I know too many mothers of autistic children that feel completely alone and are literally crumbling before their kid’s eyes. Love that you did this. I myself have a high needs, spirited child (which very well may turn into ADD) and I know what it’s like to have an idea in your head of what they will be like and then suddenly see them set apart from the rest of the kids around them. But of course each day I am learning to embrace and accept who she is. Because if I didn’t, then I would truly be a horrible mother.

Jenny Mcarthy blows!

By: Blair

Blair — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:52:27 +0000

I was just about to post the same reference!!! My husband works with adult Autistic males and we both just loved the book. He said, it made him understand their world better and perhaps how we could live in it. BTW, that was a beautiful note to your son.

By: Ginger

Ginger — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:01:50 +0000

Wendie~
Your letter to your son was as if you were describing my son and our journey. He has always been my odd little old man too. I think he is one of my favorite people on this earth. Enjoy!
~

By: meh

meh — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:15:09 +0000

beautiful, your words and your children…i also at one time thought my son was gay…turns out he’s just clean….go figure