I have been baking and cooking since I was very young. It really is a true passion of mine. I love to cook and bake for my family and friends. When I was about 12 or so I had just took a cake out of the oven and had set it on the counter to let it cool. I guess I got a little impatient (well, okay, a lot impatient) and tried to remove the cake from the pan before it had cooled enough. It would have been okay, except I tried to do it over the sink where there was a bowl of soapy water. You guessed it, it landed right in the soapy water! I remember being so upset about it. I was telling my daughter the other day that if I had let that stop me from ever trying to cook or bake again just because I failed, it would have been terrible and my own family would never have enjoyed the benefits of my cooking and baking. Don't be afraid to try again even if you make mistakes. I promise you, you will be much better for it!
When Dominic was diagnosed with Autism at 2 1/2, I went to our local library and took out every book I could find about Autism. Sometimes I would bring back 20 books. This was 2006, so a lot of the information was very "dated." I guess I was looking for a book that would tell me what I should do next, like a "manual." Autism doesn't quite work that way! The saying is, " if you know one person with Autism, you know one person with Autism." Every mom to an individual with Autism follows their own "path." I think as moms, we judge ourselves much harder than anyone else does. I was 41 when I had Dominic. Did he get the diagnosis of Autism because I was an older mom? because I drank a lot of pop? I could sit and think about that every minute of every day. I am pretty integrated into the Autism community around Lansing and have told more than one person that it took me about two weeks to come to terms with Dominic's diagnosis. It is so incredib...
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