If You Do Have Something Nice to Say ...

I asked for your terrible tales of rude things said about your child by loved ones, family members, and random idiots, and reader Anne made a good point that perhaps dwelling on the insults isn't the best use of our energy. She writes:

"There have been lots of hurtful comments (most recently my MIL saying she prays for my son every night...that God might "take away that mountain of autism that the devil has placed upon him." Ummm...) I'd rather focus on the countless other people in our lives who support us unconditionally. There are the neighbors we met when my son (who has elopement issues) walked right into their house--those neighbors insist it's the whole community's job to protect my child. There are the people at church who go out of their way to ask about my son when I show up by myself and who make sure I know he's welcome. There's the woman at the fair who politely ignores his giant sensory meltdown and then tells us--without irony--what a blessing he is when we get up from the table. There are good people out there, you know? Let's focus on those."

Okay, let's! I've set up a new Readers Respond page to celebrate the good things people say and do. Sometimes, that's just as shocking, but in a good way.

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