Don't know what happened, but I seem to have gotten lost somewhere between Oct 30th and now! Blogging doesn't seem to be my strong suit!
It's cloudy and cool today. Kind of moist out, too, without being rainy. You know the type of day........dark, dank, and dreary. (to quote my mom) I much prefer sunny and warm days, but they don't come around much in the fall and winter in Oklahoma.
This time two years ago I was recovering from kidney failure, and didn't have any strength, and walked with the aid of a walker. Now, two years later, I have energy and strength and don't know where I put the walker. Thanksgiving is important to me, and I'm doing a happy dance this year. I give God all the praise and glory.
The girls are all doing well in school. I had to resort to bribery for their spelling though. (Will you teachers please forgive me??) See, spelling didn't seem to be important to them and their tests were so bad every week. I worked with them, but with three girls studying for spelling tests it just got too much for me. I wanted to want to know those words. So, after one more bad spelling test, I said "if you make a 100% on your spelling test, I will give you a candy bar of your choosing". The first 100 came from Ally. Seeing her eating her candy bar made the other two kick it into gear! Now they are consistantly bringing me spelling tests with 100 on them! No paper for proof, no candy bar. And no, missing one won't get you anything.....sorry.
Ally's therapist said Ally has met and gone beyond the goals set for her. I'm thrilled. What makes the difference, do you think?? I think it's love, because the Bible says "Love never fails". I have no other idea on what it could be. Ally has Asperger's, but she is NOT Asperger's. She is Ally. I love her so much. It is what it is. I love her unconditionally. She can not make me not love her anymore. I love her through every meltdown, every tantrum, every screaming fit, every night of no sleep (and there have been many of those). Is it because Dennis and I have walked down this parenting road before? I don't know. For me, it's just easy to love her. She's mine. I chose her (well, actually God chose her for me!!).
She wants to please us. She works so hard in school to make good grades, and she wants to excel. I was thrilled with her progress report yesterday...three A's and one B. The B being in Math....her hardest subject. She doesn't understand the concept of borrowing and carrying, but it's coming along. Ally loves school. She loves her teacher (so do I!!) and she has made friends this year. She is getting social! That was one of the goals we had that she has met. Go Ally, Go!!
2 comments:
What a beautiful post!!
And I think you are so right. You loved her unconditionally, even when it was hard, even when you were tired, even when she cried and cried and cried. You just LOVED her.
Love cures a multitude of ailments. It didn't make her NOT aspie anymore, but it made her into a LOVING child with aspie. And I think she's perfect! You just loved her!
I wish every parent could do that. :(
yes our Asperger children are so very special.How wonderful that Ally is doing so well and has met all of the goals that her therapist set.Loved their pictures.Jeremy also struggles a little in math but is doing better this year.I was surprised to see that Ally has 4 grades.Jeremy has 6 subjects to be graded in on his 3rd grade report card.They cover a lot of material each day.Here are the 6 subjects that receive a grade:
reading,language arts,spelling,math,social studies and science.They are learning things in social studies and science that I didn't learn till high school!
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