This week’s episode comes from a thought I’ve had for years but finally put into words.

When my son was first showing signs of autism, I was terrified of what the future would look like. The things that kept me up at night. The delays, the struggles, the uncertainty...they all felt like deal breakers.

The truth is, a lot of those fears came true.

My son is nonverbal. He needs help with things most people don’t think twice about. The life I imagined back then as a worst-case scenario is, in many ways, the life we’re living now.

And we’re happy.

In this episode, I talk about how that happened, why the things I thought I needed turned out not to matter the way I expected, and why I’m more at peace in this life than I ever thought I’d be.

This isn’t a universal story. It’s mine. But if there’s something in it that connects with you, take it.

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