The Little Things

My Son had a visitor today. A child that rides the bus with my son, rode his bike to our house today so he could play with my son. My son is almost 11, this has never happened, not once. I have initiated play dates, but this on its own has never happened. My son was over joyed with himself. He came in the house to tell me numerous times that he had a friend visiting. I was thrilled for him on so many levels. This child does not know what an impact he had on the whole house. My daughters were also thrilled. My middle daughter, our talker knew everything about this child within a 45 second time frame. She knew where he lived, that his parents were divorced, his first and last name, what grade he was in. My son on the other hand was smiling from ear to ear to have someone that came by to say hi. The homework got nixed a little bit, because quite frankly I was thrilled to see my son attempting to engage in some social activity with another child besides his siblings. This is something HUGE for a autism household!! I hope this child comes by again. My husband and I practically rolled out the red carpet. My son went to bed a very happy boy last night!!! Thank you god for the little things that really matter!!!