Forever Boy: A Mother's Memoir of Autism and Finding Joy

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I hate how we’ve drifted apart, but then again, if you won’t make an effort to keep me in your life, why should I?” —Unknown Kate: Yeah. So our family, we're our family of six, which is hectic and crazier than I ever thought it would be. I hope we can get some sense of, it sounds so silly, but we're just like up and down every day. Every day feels like a new day from the day before. We need to get some sort of consistency and schedule in our life. So that is our goal as the family. Goals for Cooper, I really want him to be able to go to restaurants, fly on an airplane and go to his brother's sports games. Those have been my goals for years and we're doing things to get us there. We're not there yet, but he is making so much progress. And then for me to get through this book launch. And I don't know what's next for me. I really don't know. Keep growing Coop's Troops. I think I just love that group. It makes me so happy. I don't know if I'll write another book. I really don't know, but I think every author says that, but I really don't.

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We all know how special birthdays are, especially the birthdays of the people closest to us. We want to make sure that whether they are far or near they are feeling loved, and a great way to do that is by sending them some warm birthday wishes. Whether you are looking for something heart-touching or silly for that special someone, you’ll find what you’re looking for here. It’s still lonely, five years in. Your best friends may not know what to say and say nothing/ghost you. You feel ashamed or in my case ready to put anyone who says anything shitty about your kid on blast. Mary: And you did. Besides Finding Cooper's Voice. I mean, one of the ways you coped with those viral videos and just a lot of the negativity was you started a small paid group within Facebook called Coop's Troops. And I know I've been a part of it since the very beginning, and I know many of my listeners have also joined because I see them there. And that's a really nice small group for very little fee. Facebook charges to have a more intimate group where, I mean, there's still a few thousand people in there, but it's a more intimate group. And I mean, I think you're very positive about that group and feel supported there. I miss you. Not the ‘I haven’t seen you in a while’ kind of miss you, but the ‘I wish you were here at this very moment’ kind of miss you.” — Unknown For a lot of us, our girl best friend is more like a sister. She is like a soulmate with who we can be our silly and true selves, and those of us that have such heart-touching female friends in our lives should never forget how blessed we are.Sometimes you have to give up on people. Not because you don’t care, but because they don’t.” —Neetu Khatri Kajal Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time, we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that.” —Ally Condie

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What do you call a child diagnosed with Diabetes? Most say they are diabetic, otherwise, it is sooo demeaning to that individual being put a label saying I’m one with. . . Good friends are like stars; you don’t always see them, but you know they are there.” —Christy Evans Mary: I'm sure it's going to help many, many thousands, millions of people over time. So what are your hopes for your future, for Cooper's future, for your book, for yourself or your family? What are your hopes? Maybe our girlfriends are our soulmates, and guys are just people to have fun with.” —Sex and the CityMary: Yeah, yeah, well, when you think about it too just to point out for the listeners in the show notes, this will be episode 170. I did a show with an expert on Apraxia. We can link in the show notes. I did one on our video blog on intellectual disability, which Lucas also has intellectual disability. I think I even have something on anxiety so we can link those in the show notes just for helpful information for people. But you're right, it does become alphabet soup. So you've had a lot going on in the last two years. I first interviewed you right after we were shut down. And so you had a new addition to your family, first of all.