Be a Bridge

Your probably wondering about the title of this post. The other day in the chamber 2 moms were talking about how good their siblings are for their child who has autism. She commented on how her son has trouble socializing with other kids like at parties or parks. However, when his brother is with him he is able to play with the other kids because his brother is like the bridge between him (son with autism) and the other kids. The son with autism trusts and knows his brother and therefore feels comfortable being with him and the other kids. I thought that was such a profound way of putting it--"he's like a bridge for him".

I think we could all be bridges for other people. Whether we are siblings, playmates, adults, teachers, strangers. . . it's easy to be a bridge to help another person. It makes me think about how one day Christian will need a bridge, perhaps a lot of bridges in his lifetime-ones that are trusting and strong. And I hope that they are there for him. So i just want to encourage you to teach your kids how to be bridges.

I'm also including a video of Christian and I just chit chatting. It was kind of awkward to sit in front of the camera and talk but I wanted to show how "verbal" he has become. Also notice how he is turning to the left. This has just started about 3 weeks ago. Before he would only turn to the right. We would try to bribe him to turn to the left with different things but now we don't have to do that.