christmas letter

[Guest guest]

I toliked of you letter it was of long and took of me much time to

read but wanted of to say thank you for to share of ou success.

I to think too will be to try hard to do the same below

January of 2007 I to set of several goals for self to over come of my

fears of things. for my new years resolutions. Funny things is I to

know had accopmplished a few of them but not aware of what they are

to be now, but aware still have of two things didnot accomplish for

self yet this year. One is ot join an art class, and other was to

over come of my fears to horses as far as riding of them.

Feburary we celebrated my oldest sons 18th birthday part. and enjoyed

of hims senior year of high school. Hims growong up comes with mixed

emotions as not as a mom ready to let of him go but at same aware

ofhims need to develop as adult life and go on.

March of this year. nothing to remember of for me to make of words

over.

April much words here as this was the celebration of my little grand

baby Delaneys first birthday. It was of her first Easter too. then it

was my youngest daughter Missys first time to be to public speak on

her autism at teh state house of Columbus Ohio and she did of an

awesome job of this. I to did of much speaks that month too.

May- nothing to report

June My oldest son graduated from High school and was offered a job

working under the attorney General in our state. My son is of a

computer genius and he is of the first specail Ed. student from the

Dublin school system to get such a gainful full time employ right

after graduations. the school district still contracts him to come

and work on their computers and such too.

July I to went on my first vacation without the family except took of

my Missy with me. i to went with my sister in law and the birth

sister of me to myrtle beach for 9 days. It was of the first I to

ever let of them be int my life as much as had.

August I to be of got of my kids ready for school year and prepared

of much things for speaking events that are often more so in the fall

time for me.

September I to speaked for Nattap co sponsered by ASA and met of the

real rain man named of Kim. was ever so happy to have met of him in

the real of life. I to see him as a hero for me to model after

because he to over comed so much and yet still works hard to connect

and reach others.

October was of hard for me. this was where my Aimee impulsivly got

married to a boy who is not the father of delaney. it was of also the

21 year marker for the marriage of me. it was also a one year

reminder of a loss of friendship I to worked so hard to build, and

still lack why it fell apart. But also I to struggle much so each

time in October or early fall and lack why. yet October brings me

much happy things because love of the changing leaves on the tree and

such things as that and love of the trick or treat times seeing of

ones dressed up.

November was again for me hard. was not functioning as well as wanted

to be. too much physical appointments and not enough down time for

me. too many crisis level expectations placed to me to fix, when I to

not have of the skills to do it. But I to somehow survived of it all.

then comed of December and I to crashed , but like always in me find

the strenght to be to work self back to connecting and functioning

again.

Over all the year the things I to be of most thank ful for are these

below:

My childrens

my grand baby Delaney who is of my world and most cherished sources

of happy feelings. right now she just sneaked a present from under

the tree, amazingly it is of hers to begin with but she snuck of it

ot her play room. smart little one she is. But today will not go and

fetch it because it was of too cute to witness of it.

I to also be thankful for Dr. Amigo and one of hims co workers .

both are very much improtant role models to me and are of like huge

anchors for me in this life. they also reflect a strong sense of safe

and security for me as well as I to feel accepted and whole when

among them. they do not make me feel bad for my lack of in this life.

they often encourage of me of the ability parts of me.

I to be of thankful for the autism society of Ohio and their work and

their working board membership and how they have been very respectful

of my position and yet seen and treated me as an equal among them ,

they never used of my challenges in ways for self gains or things of

this and for that much respect of their care to me in that. But did

have to take a medical leave of absence from the board for a time. I

to hope in 6 months to be able to return more able than in the past.

I to be of much thankful to all the spectrum friends I to have met or

connected to over this last year. it helps me to understand not alone

in this chaotic world.

And lastly for human forms , the parents, professionals and such who

took the time to know of me via the net or in the real of life who

have been much supports to me when crashing and overloaded, ones who

are the first to share of supports and encouraged words.

But most importantly to my God in whom I to have developed my faith

beliefs in.

Merry Christmas from Sondra