Resilience: an ability to recover from or adjust easily to change or misfortune. Asperberger's does not allow for the first part but it amazing how resilient my Aspie can be to misfortune.
Today my favorite 10 year old Aspie tried to find some kids to play with as it is his last day of summer vacation. It didn't work out so we decided to spend the day shopping for new shoes and catching a movie. He really wanted to see The Odd Life of Timothy Green. I wasn't super excited because I wasn't necessarily in the mood to cry! And cry I did. Sob is more like it.
All through the movie I kept thinking of the review I had read in a magazine just the day before. It was something along the lines of... good attempt at telling a story, however, filled with too many overly preachy moments...the line that sticks out most in my head 'we get it, bullying is bad'! I wish more than anything I could meet the person who wrote that review. I would love to find out if he/she has children and if so if he/she by any chance has the wonderful fortune of being blessed with a child that is different than the masses. My guess is I doubt it.
So back to Resilience. I am so grateful that he has the ability to bounce back after misfortune. Sometimes it is because he is not able to read the social clues and isn't even aware of his misfortune. Other times he is more aware than I realize and when I say, "chin up my sweets, it is they that are losing out" he will reply, "it's me losing too Mom, I'll try harder next time".
Today is the day before he starts 5th grade. Last night he already had a panic attack about PSSA's, they happen in March. He is however very excited to get back to school and he's my resilient Aspie.
