Hello my SEG center family! From the bottom of my heart, I truly hope and pray that each and everyone of you and your family members are doing well and coping with this “shift” in our new way of living. In this month’s blog in the life of an autism mom, I don’t want to type or say much. We are all going through SO much that pictures are telling the stories nowadays. More importantly, I just want to share good things going on with the kids and what I am struggling with MOST as a parent-which I am sure ALL parents are struggling with. This “new normal” really sucks. Yes, let me sound like a child for a moment. Like my daughter Emma says, “God should get rid of this corona monster!” This corona virus really is a monster and it needs to go away.
LAST TIME LIFE WAS “NORMAL”- AT CHURCH DURING OUR MULTICULTURAL DAY!
Parental struggles for me as parent
Joggling! I can’t joggle anymore…I used to be one who was fantastic at multitasking but this pandemic has taught me that I am not as good as I thought I was. Below is a picture of the kids school work and online class schedules. The left is Jayson’s and the right is Emma’s, together it equals a bomb waiting to go off…let me just be honest. How is a parent to do all of this teaching and tutoring and still work and maintain the household? I have concluded that it is IMPOSSIBLE…however with GOD all things are possible. I have learned to lean on HIM and HIM alone. I would love to encourage all parents to stay at the feet of the LORD to get through these months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds. Keep reading and reminding yourself of the words in Isaiah 11:2 “The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord!” Please stay strong and encouraged and know that our God will not leave nor abandon us during these times. Please also join us on Facebook at spiritual empowerment and growth center for our daily scriptures to stay hopeful, encouraged and optimistic about the future and God’s faithful promises!
Too much stress/madness/craziness/insanity and finally a loss or lack of words!
Emma’s Weekly Schedule
What we have been up to….besides school work!
So every chance we get, we are outside playing! We love the outdoors, though unfortunately the weather hasn’t been too kind to us. I try my very best to make sure we get in our physical activity or else Jayson will break everything in my house lol. Even if it’s cold, I try very hard to wrap the kids up to jump outside on the trampoline or swing outside but our family time together has been the most rewarding thing in all of this. The picture above is us being bored on the trampoline but getting ready to sing happy birthday to one of our cousins whose birthday was this month. Princess Emma celebrated her birthday on April 13th. This year she decided to bake her own cupcakes which showed me that she is really growing up! Though there were moments she was sad because she couldn’t have her slumber party she wanted with her friends, she kept saying she will celebrate her birthday with mine in June (Lord I pray this mess is over in June) or I will have one angry princess!
And the cupcakes were so yummy!!!
So that’s our story this month. How have you and your family been coping? Rest assured that our Heavenly Father is watching and in due time, this will just be a memory.
Stay blessed and know I am thinking and praying for your families.
Your friend in Christ,
MJ