I went to a large department store in my local mall last Saturday to pick up a few items for the holidays. As I was heading in towards the double doors, I saw three people deep in conversation coming out at the same time. I was thinking with the double doors, maybe they would all single file out through the door on their right, so it would leave the door on my right free and clear so I could go inside the store. Well, much to my amazement, all three of them barreled through, almost knocking me down and both doors promptly slammed in my face! There was never a break in their conversation. It got me to thinking, during the holidays does common courtesy fall by the wayside?? If someone tries to barge in front of you at the store and pay first, even though you've been waiting longer, do you say something to them? or do you just let it slide? When I was at the grocery store a few days ago, an older lady and I were both heading to the express lane to check out right at the exact same time. I told her to go ahead of me. She had more items than the limit, but I was taught to respect my elders, so I just let it go. She thanked me profusely for letting her go ahead of me. Did you know that March 21st is "National Common Courtesy Day?" I think that day should be everyday, but especially on "Black Friday," when there is probably more pushing and shoving going on than common courtesy!! As you go about your holiday shopping this season, let's all try to remember to treat our fellow man, woman and child with kindness and respect :)
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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