Breathe

About the Book

A true story of a mother’s love and the trials and tribulations of raising an autistic son while life sends them in a whirlwind of chaos. While growing up in a military family with a mother from England and a father from the hills of Tennessee, I would never have expected my life to take so many twists and turns. I was a young mother raising my autistic son. We both were new to every experience we went through. We learned together, we have fought for each other, and we have taught each other. There were guns, drugs, assaults, domestic abuse, and addictions involved. Older and wiser now, we have learned that love, patience, and perseverance keep you strong, and a good sense of humor keeps you somewhat sane.

About the Author

The words written in this book are for my son, this is our biography of growth. At the age of thirty-three play time was over. I was pregnant. The teenage years were my best years, I was loving those early days, dating, socializing, traveling and living in the pan handle of Florida where white sands look like snow, and the water truly sparkles like emeralds all day and night. Those earlier growing up years being on my own taught me a few things but my best years of learning about life were after I had my son. You hear the words “Autistic” and your world changes, another layer is added to your life, a layer that is so different from what others may consider normal. I was always in fear that I was not teaching him enough not protecting my son enough from the bad things that kept happening to us. Years later I would find out just how much all the troubles we experienced impacted my son.