Son's are Everything

Family is Everything - Scraps N Pieces
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Journaling: My youngest son Nicolas is now 26. These photos were taken back on Mother’s Day 2023 … right before cancer changed everything. Nicolas has Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome and through all the struggles and hard times we faced with him growing up I wouldn’t change him or anything about him. Just because he has a disability does not mean he isn’t smart; because he has shocked me at every turn. He tells everyone that during my battle with cancer he was the best nurse I ever had. This kid waited on me hand and foot, helped me with my walker, helped me get around, and I think slept with one eye open just in case I needed something through the night. When I was passing out from a low blood count this kid was running to get ice to put on my neck and my head to keep me from falling on the floor. Where did he learn that? YouTube … it’s good for something. This boy has seen more in three years than he needed to, been uprooted, had his whole life changed, his mom changed forever, in hospitals more than he would have liked. There were times when I was being rushed to the hospital and he stood there at the end of the driveway watching not knowing if I was ever going to return home. He worried, he paced and had more responsibilities on his plate than anyone his age with or without a disability; but he never complained, never blinked an eye, and never gave up on me. Just as I never gave up on him all these years. I always fought for him through elementary, middle, and high school. We fought the naysayers, the bullies, and those who truly just didn’t understand him or get to know him. This young man is my heart and my soul; I put so much into him to ensure he had a normal life just like everyone else. And he reminds me every day that no matter what cancer has taken from me I am still his mom, that will never change.