Since I am the Chief "Officer" in charge of making our household run smoothly, I was thinking about installing a "suggestion box" for my family. Late last week, my hubby was telling me there were a couple of lights burnt out in the house. I told him the maintenance staff hadn't had a chance to replace them yet, but would get around to it soon. On Saturday, I decided since Dominic had no clean pants it was time to do the laundry. My husband said, "well, it is kind of getting high!!" That was a comment for the laundry staff to handle. On Sunday afternoon, as I was getting Dominic ready to go to his class at church, the hubby was asking, "hey, why don't you buy ice cream bars and sandwiches any more?" That would be a good question for the kitchen staff. At about that same time, Lauren was asking me where I put some Skittles I just bought. The both of them had impeccable timing, I literally was hustling Dominic out the door so we wouldn't be late. If I had the suggestion box, they could put those questions in the box and I could pull them out after I got back from dropping Dominic off. A suggestion box would also be great if a certain family member didn't like what I made for dinner. Their comment could be put in the box anonymously. Just this morning, I was asking the kids if they had any "requests" since I was going to the grocery store. Dominic said he wanted doughnuts and Lauren wanted candy. See, that's why I need a suggestion box!! If it works for a business, why wouldn't it work for a household?
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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