Recently we featured a prayer request from a distressed mom who has a son with Down's syndrome and autism. He's doing poorly in school and she wants to send him to a new one. Her ex-husband refuses and has taken her to court to get sole custody of the child. She asked for
prayers.
She got them and more. Here's a message of encouragement from Christie:
Stay strong- keep fighting - don't ever stop!!! I have a son (part of boy-girl twins and a daughter ten years older) I left my ex when they were two.
My son has serious auditory processing and sensory integration and ADD. He is so sweet and super high, but this presents like autism. He couldn't stand noise or crowds. He didn't read until 4th grade. He was in small classes until freshman year in high school. That was my last and only goal to get him to a place where he would be"like everyone else".
My ex took me back to court every two years - and did everything possible to make my me miserable, to break me, he wanted me to disappear. He lied and manipulated. He maintained our son had no issues except needed more discipline.
I researched and worked with
my son (and daughter) found tutors and specialists. I fought the schools, the courts, and my ex, for years and years - thousands and thousand of dollars. I lost everything twice. We were penniless and on food stamps, but I kept them in great schools.
They are now 19. And I am finally free of my ex. My son is now on full scholarship to a
college he loves for theater design and he is an accomplished bass/guitarist and artist.
He reads for pleasure!
This child who couldn't use pencils because of the noise they made, and who howled when I tried to cut his nails because
his finger and toes were hypersensitive...is a wonderful human being.
Happily all my children are better for these terrible circumstances. So many times I thought I couldn't go on. I thought maybe it all would be better without me, that the fighting would stop at least. I prayed and prayed for strength, year after year. I kept plodding and
holding on by my fingertips.
It is not an easy path.
I'm sending you as much strength and hope as I can. God bless you and your son.
