Adventures of an Autistic Adult

Unfortunately, I have no pics from my outing with friends on Saturday, which is not a tragedy since it was not super eventful. We went to the Ale House, but had no drinks. We went to Coldstone, but had no ice cream. Milan and I got further confirmation that we are right in our push to have Lauren come with us sooner rather than later. Finally, we caught up on drama. Fun times. Without giving any details, let me just say we are all in agreement that people are age are too old to create high school drama in their lives, and yet people older than us do it all the time. I am so blessed to have friends that get this and don’t unnecessarily create drama.

Anyway, no new news on the job front. However, it was my last Sunday working with the kids at The Ascent. Wow, I was overwhelmed. I knew they would do something, I just didn’t know what, and I was pleasantly surprised. I got a cake and a beautiful bookmark with a great verse on it. I also got the perfect card that I will be keeping forever. I always seemed to take for granted my volunteer job at the Ascent, and treat it as routine. For a non-morning person like me, that is very easy to do. However, I realized yesterday why I stayed so long. The folks at the Cityplace Children’s ministry, Amy and Jon in particular, are some of the greatest people I have ever met. They have helped me grow in my faith and learn the true meaning of service. Thanks to the power of Facebook, I will still be friends with them in the future, but it pains me to know that I will probably not see them again. The same goes for the kids. There have been several that have given me a hard time, and others who have showered me with love. Still, I love each and every one of them exactly the same, and I will miss them terribly. There were a few I did not get to see on my last day, in particular a family of five that I have loved talking to. However, I am sure Jon will give me updates on them and give them my love. I’m hoping they find me on Facebook or Twitter someday.  Read the rest of this entry »