Sunday late

I'm a day or so behind or heck half a week...the week got busy...I had a night of call which meant I was up for close to 24 hrs from Thursday to Friday (yep, I felt like crap),  Hayden had a doctors appointment, & yesterday was busy with normal Saturday stuff---soccer, errands, keeping Hayden occupied...when does school resume??  Hayden goes back to school on  Monday...thank you JESUS!  He has been completely out of his routine with Spring Break & wow, it has NOT been pretty!   We were grateful that Tim was off of work this past week to give his mom a break from Hayden detail.

We are starting the week of the Autism 5K walk/run. I have been working on running for many weeks.  I'm not a runner.  Never have been, have hated running...but by doing the couch to 5K program I can honestly say that while I don't LOVE running...I am enjoying the 'sport'.  One of my facebook pals calls running 'wogging' aka walking mixed with running & essentially that is what I do...some days I run more & further than others, but that's ok I am doing it 5-7 days a week for more than 30 minutes at a time.  I had to skip today since I'm on call & my quad hurts like heck!  Fringe benefit I suppose of being on call today was getting a side consult with one of the orthopedic guys who is pretty athletic....moral of the pain, not enough stretching, augh!  But you can't keep a good one down.  I've been stretching the quads off & on all day & I'll be back to my routine tomorrow....I've got a 5K to run on Saturday!

I've thought a lot lately about our faith base & how as a family we have grounded ourselves in our faith to keep us strong through out Hayden's medical issues.  We are fortunate to be part of a church that has been our foundation since before  Tim & I married.  Our church family has been with us through many roller coasters of our life & continue to keep us grounded in the word of God.  The one thing that does bother me is that over all most congregation's don't grasp the needs of families with kids with special needs.  Autism is baffling to all--us included--but it is hard for places of worship to understand the needs of families who have children on the ASD.  I have read Dancing with Max by Emily Colson... in this book Emily talks about how it is hard to go church & be accepted by her congregation due to Max's autism.  I had tears peaking over the edge of my eyes as I read this book...I totally get her pain.  While we are blessed at this time to have a 'class' for Hayden to attend while we attend church services & Sunday School, Tim & I talk weekly about the next years & how we will change our Sunday routine to accommodate our family...what works for us now & in the future doesn't always work for others. I found this one blog writers  thoughts on churches & autism christianitytoday.  And this blog talks about overcoming obstacles in religious settings with autistic children.

I hope this week is better in the department of writing...we'll see...no promises :).

One evening recently this rainbow appeared in our backyard...pretty obvious that God is always with us & promises will be kept.