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February 2, 2018 by Emily Colson

To every stranger that steps in, especially in such unexpected ways…Thank you! Max and I aren’t planning to go anywhere, exactly. It’s more that we’re planning to go everywhere. But now a days the criteria for doing so has changed. When I was a kid you could pack up your woodcarving tools, wheel them onto a 747, and whittle a spear mid-flight. But things are different now. The world is different … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asperger, Autism, Behaviors, Emily Colson, Joy, Living In The Moment, Living Life Daily Tagged With: autism, Dancing With Max, Emily Colson, parenting a child with special needs, special needs, Special Needs parents

My Thanks to the Stranger

April 1, 2016 by Emily Colson 4 Comments

Years ago the grocery store was the last place I wanted to go with my son with autism. Now, it's the place I don't want to leave.   I followed my son into the tiny grocery, his steps bouncing so high that I thought he might lift right off the ground. He dashed behind the counter and slipped off his coat so that everyone could see the store logo on his shirt. Max is so proud to put on that shirt … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Autism, Emily Colson, Joy, Living Life Daily, Uncategorized Tagged With: autism, Dancing With Max, Emily Colson, Encouragement, hope, not alone, parenting a child with special needs, parenting special needs, special needs, Special Needs parents

I Forgot—Church Is Hard

February 5, 2016 by Emily Colson 7 Comments

God has a plan for His church, and no matter how challenging, His plan includes us.   One night at church, I lost 190 pounds. Fortunately, I found all of it in the toddler room. There was my hulk of a son, hunched over the Brio train table, next to a little child who looked like a garden gnome beside Max. A kindly volunteer was standing over my son, looking a little baffled and holding a Brio … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Autism, Church, Emily Colson Tagged With: autism, Christmas, Dancing With Max

Max’s Two Words about Autism

November 6, 2015 by Emily Colson 3 Comments

“Max!” I said with the kind of enthusiasm I hoped would be contagious, “We are going to like this new doctor. He has a daughter with autism!” I tried to mask my own nerves, wondering how we would get through the next-day’s appointment in the city. I watched Max for a reaction as he bounced in his seat and started eating his dinner in a style reminiscent of a wood-chipper. Sometimes dinner in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asperger, Autism, Emily Colson, Love, Peace Tagged With: Dancing With Max, Emily Colson, love, parenting a child with special needs, parenting special needs, special needs, Special Needs parents, weary

A Man and His Vacuum

June 5, 2015 by Emily Colson 10 Comments

We bolted into the store so quickly that I thought Max might pull the handle right off the door. He was on a mission, but I had one too. My job was to size up the clerk. I looked across the store and saw a rather serious looking older man wearing a black suit and standing behind the counter. This is not going to go well, I thought. We would do much better in a store like this with a clerk who … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Autism, Emily Colson Tagged With: autism, autism spectrum, Dancing With Max, Emily Colson, hope, joy, special needs parenting

What We Hope For

November 12, 2014 by Emily Colson 7 Comments

I knew my son valued his job, but I hadn’t considered if his employer valued him. “Behind you!” I heard Max call as he walked through the bustling commercial kitchen. As a mom, I’m doing an excellent job of “letting go,” just as long as my son wears a hazmat suit, or in this case, perhaps a full-body oven mitt. Fortunately for Max, I’m not his regular job coach in this busy Cape Cod seafood … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Autism, Emily Colson, Transitions Tagged With: autism, Dancing With Max

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