Last year, my world was turned upside down when my son received an Autism diagnosis. I never once felt ashamed of his diagnosis, but what bothered me most was the thought that he might be bullied or looked down upon. ๐๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐.
And so, I started praying for more Autism awareness .
Actually, ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ข ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ผ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ผ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ข, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐.
I secretly hoped someone else would take the lead, not me. But it seemed like God had a different plan for me. He whispered, “You be one of the advocates for that autism awareness Acceptance and Appreciation that you are praying for.”
At first, ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐. I thought, “๐๐? ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ง๐, ๐ก๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐๐ค๐๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐.
Then came this overwhelming feeling of guilt. How could I pray for awareness while hiding in the shadows?
So, โsabi ko, Okay God. ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ข๐, ๐๐ค. ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ, ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ.
Since then, ๐๐๐๐ผ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐!
๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ค๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ. I canโt believe it too. ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐จ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐/ ๐๐ค๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐, ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ผ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ข, something that I dread before.
You know ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ from this?
๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ ๐ข๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ/๐ซ๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐จ , ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ. ๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ.
๐๐๐๐:
* ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐จ ๐๐๐ค, ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง,
and I was able to share my advocacy to a group pf people.
* ๐๐ค๐๐๐ฎ, ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ฃ๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ผ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ข ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐ข.
* And ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐, I received the โ๐๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐งโ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ from my mentor, ๐ผ๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง/ ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง , Kaley W Chu and my online classmates from different countries sent their congratulatory and encouraging messages, which further affirmed me that I am on the right track.
๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐, Thank you for all these wonderful surprises. I feel like a pampered daughter. ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ง. Thank YOU so much . I am assured once again that you are holding my hand every step of my journey. ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐๐.
