tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441989712918579133.post8467712218012722209..comments2024-01-26T03:49:33.080-05:00Comments on Rarer in Girls...My Daughter with Autism: Feeling sadSuzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08240262747073351481noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441989712918579133.post-68395972182040736462011-06-22T18:41:52.152-04:002011-06-22T18:41:52.152-04:00Someone else, someone from the family, will rise t...Someone else, someone from the family, will rise to the occasion. It will never be the same as you, as mom, but it won't be as though she's completely on her own. I think about things like that myself. Don't be misled; I'm not a mother, but I am the older sister of a TMH girl (age 12). Sometimes I think about what the future will be like, when my parents aren't around. Our mother will be around for a long time (I assume), but my dad's been fighting cancer for awhile, and... well it makes me think about what will happen as the older generation in our family passes on.<br /><br />I will be there for my sister. And your daughter will have someone there for her too. Another person will do everything they can to calm her down. It won't be the same, but it won't be a lost cause either. Life always goes on.cv/dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12866760314325519753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441989712918579133.post-12814989710152972502011-06-15T22:03:52.235-04:002011-06-15T22:03:52.235-04:00I know how that feels. I can't bear the though...I know how that feels. I can't bear the thought of my daughter without me to protect her. I can comfort myself a little with the thought that wondering why, and being scared about, why things happen, is a part of everyone's experience, even typical children. Yes, they might be more easily soothed by the explanations they are given because they can understand them better, but sometimes the explanation won't help even them. And the more times any kid experience that feeling, the more they will learn to be okay with it, remembering that they have felt it before and the world didn't end. But yeah, our kids seem so dependent on us to help them navigate the world - they know & we know that we, the moms, are the ones who understand them best. It's a heavy thing to carry around.sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542230920621444188noreply@blogger.com