Purging

We have been busy getting our house ready to put on the market, and I am LOVING how organized my house is becoming. I think everyone should pretend to move every two or three years, it's amazing what you realize you don't need. One thing that has been surprisingly cathartic is "getting rid of the autism." I have been donating book after book, worksheets, ABA stuff, all the stuff I "needed" to help me teach my son, it's all going. I of course will keep a few things, most of it was very expensive which makes me all the more happy to give it away. Visual schedules, PECS cards and especially books about "recovery" those I throw away, I don't even want to give those away, and it is like a little happy dance every time I see the trash truck. I have shredded stacks and stacks of IEP sh!@, and daily data sheets, depicting exactly how many bites my son was able to take out of a cookie....gone.... gone .... gone. Everyone telling me how it would be, how to get through, how to teach, how I should be, and what I should sacrifice to get it... good bye. We have found our way, and I know my own strength now, I know what my children need, it's time to move on.