Why a blog?

My name is Joanna, and the mother of two children. Two beautiful wonderful. Amazing children there is Jairmie who is almost 3 and Kaiden who just turned one. They are inspiration, my hope, my loves, my miracle boys. Jairmie was diagnosed autism this year. Actually only a week or so ago. But we've known something was different about him since he was one. Our main concern and reason for getting them tested was the fact that he is nonverbal. Our pediatrician said not to worry about it, that every kid learns on their own at their own pace and that he would be fine. But almost 3 years old and still not talking we knew there was something that needed to be addressed. Still normal or not, he's a brilliant sweet funny and so energetic. That boy bounces off the walls. Kaiden also disabled, he has a global developmental delay. He has compassion understanding for his brother and are blessed have both these beautiful children. Balancing two children with disabilities is hard. You're always afraid that you may be doing something wrong that it may come across as though you have a favorite, or you have a harder time teaching one or you have a hard time balancing if all and heck my kids aren't even five yet they won't remember anything from this. It's scary though because you don't want to play favorites but you have to help both children be the best they can be. So you pull yourself up by your bootstraps, have faith pray and hope to God that he gives you strength to get through every day. This blog is being written to raise awareness for autism for what it's like to be a special-needs parent and to give me some sanity. So without further ado welcome to my blog, welcome to my life.