Life with an autistic son has had its painful moments - trust me on that one!- but it has also been a joyful experience as well. Bill and I both agree that David is one precious son, and seeing life through his eyes can be puzzling, but mostly funny. David has a wicked sense of humor. Take today, for example. We were driving past a bunch of restaurants when we spotted a big "Now Open" sign. The name of the restaurant is "Gringos" and it serves TexMex food. David took one look at the name and said, "How can people get away with a name like THAT is this day and age??!!! How would they like it if we opened a restaurant and named it 'Wetbacks'"?
And speaking of seeing life through another's eyes, it also happened to me on Sunday when we once again enjoyed having Mikalah at our house for the afternoon. She is a vibrant African American 4 year old. She told her mother all about our cat and dog, but she concluded that our cat, Bella, "Doesn't like black people!" In reality, our cat doesn't like white people either!
When we came home from church, Mikalah and I had "rest time", and I ended up falling asleep. I woke up to overhear her ask Bill, "Is your Mommy ever going to wake up?"
And one final thought as I conclude for the day: please pray that I will be taken off the waiting list for the She Speaks conference and be able to be placed in an evaluation group for speakers. I just read today that there were 300 women on the waiting list to attend the conference! I'm so joyfully thankful that I am able to attend, and it would be icing on the cake to be able to do a presentation and be evaluated. For those of you that want to know more about this conference and read about what some of the attendees are commenting about, you may want to check out this blog: http://lysaterkeurst.blogspot.com
"We have the idea that we can dedicate our gifts to God. However, you cannot dedicate what is not yours. There is only one thing that you can dedicate to God, and that is your right to yourself. If you will give God your right to yourself, He will make a holy experiment out of you -and His experiments always succeed." Oswald Chambers
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