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What I learned from my child was to count to 10.
1. Count to 10. It's during this time I remember how much I Love him, not only for who he is, but for who he has made me become. He makes me look at myself and the world around me
in an entirely different way. Things seem to have changed in a good way.
2. Count to 10. It's time to remember how he brings a smile to my face over the simplest things. His smile starts each of my days like a beam of sunshine. Sometimes His lack of awareness of what is going on around him makes him radiate to the point it is catching. It makes me wonder what he is seeing or what he is thinking when he stares off wherever he goes. I wonder if it is a happy place, is it colorful, is there music, what takes him there, what brings him back? Each day is a new joy.

3. Count to 10. It's time to remember how good a hug really feels. It used to be that a hug made everything better or solved issues for him, but as years have passed, I've come to learn that hugs can ease the pain of many things, bring closeness in relationships, and make some...not all things better, not just for him, but the wonderful feelings they can bring alive in me again, too. HUGS, OH MY,THEY DO FEEL GOOD!
4. Count to 10. It's time to remember how truly SPECIAL he is. He is like no other child. Each day is a gift of the totally unexpected and unique words, actions, and his make believe lives. He chooses to live life his way and be involved wherever he can and wherever he wants to be, even if he has to shove his way in.
5. Count to 10. It gives me time to remember, I have my own imperfections, not to judge him or others around me so quickly. I need to re-look at myself and others before I open my mouth and say something insulting and hurt another person's feelings, because words can never be taken back.
6. Count to 10. It gives me time to think of all the mistakes I have made in life and help him try, try again. Is it not true that practice makes perfect? And what if we don't get it perfect? There is so much to say for perseverance. We should never give up and we should not let our children either.
7. Count to 10. It gives me time to soften my voice. Yelling doesn't make anyone hear you better. It only scares people. But, if you look me in the eye and talk to ME, just ME, I'll hear YOU, in fact it makes them block you out. You may need to touch my face and turn it towards you. You may need to place my hand in yours and pat it gently, so we can

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