Do you promise to love, comfort, honor for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and health, and forsaking all others, be faithful for as long as you both shall live?
Sure, we can do that. We said the words with the greatest of intentions. In our almost 17 years of marriage, we have had spats and we have had blowups. We are still here. We work on it. Some days we work on it more than others. From the first moment Asher and Autism were used in the same sentence, we became a force. We are a dynamic duo when it comes to this baby.
I have read so much about how a diagnosis divides a family. I am aware of it. So far, we haven't really disagreed on Asher's treatment or the next step to take with him. We usually get into it out of frustration. We have 4 boys that each need parents. We have one that needs us a little more. I'll confess that I threw a box of Lucky Charms at Randy one day. I'm laughing about it now because I had to pick them all up. 😑 It happens. The important thing is that we continue on for the benefit of all of our kids.
I often think about those parents that get a different diagnosis. Those parents that are fighting for their child's life. It's on a different level. It's unimaginable to me, but it's a reality for many. I can't imagine the stress and emotions that come with that. Even on the hardest of days, we are blessed to not be dealing with that. Even on the hardest of days, we are blessed to have one another.
Randy Paul, we are in it to win it!
In case you didn't know
Baby I'm crazy bout you
And I would be lying if I said
That I could live this life without you
Even though I don't tell you all the time
You had my heart a long long time ago
In case you didn't know.
-Trent Tomlinson
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