I loved Jim Carrey before I met his wife, Jenny McCarthy, and her son, Evan, but now he's my Hero! He courted and married a woman with a small child with autism. Evan's autism made him scream through nights and days, misbehave in public, and caused the rejection of a number of friends and family.
Jim told Jenny she had to feel the anger and frustration instead of putting on a smiley face. "If you feel it," he said, "you can heal it!" When she accepted Evan's diagnosis, and surrendered to it she said the healing began. (Compare my chapter in
"Journey With Jeff" called, "Nitty Gritty Wisdom"!)
"I needed to get on with life," Jenny said, "Life is fun! Evan is here for
us to learn. He is such a light!! He made me who I am today."
~~ I, another caregiver of special children, learned that, because of all the sights and sounds accosting an autistic child, he needs to move his eyes away from you in order to listen to you! Diet has made a huge difference in Evan's life. So has focusing on all his accomplishments. Jenny emphasizes that there is power in knowledge, and power in community, as well as in a mother's instinct. She encourages mothers who feel alone to be more vocal and to ask for assistance, because thoughts and prayers also help. When Jenny asked her mother what she should do, her mother said, "Everything responds to love."
YES!! The full title of Jenny McCarthy's book is, "Mother Warrior: A Nation of Parents Healing Autism Against All Odds." Sounds like a
breakthrough to me! (Both of our books are available at Amazon.com. Enjoy!)
Jim told Jenny she had to feel the anger and frustration instead of putting on a smiley face. "If you feel it," he said, "you can heal it!" When she accepted Evan's diagnosis, and surrendered to it she said the healing began. (Compare my chapter in "Journey With Jeff" called, "Nitty Gritty Wisdom"!) "I needed to get on with life," Jenny said, "Life is fun! Evan is here for us to learn. He is such a light!! He made me who I am today." ~~ I, another caregiver of special children, learned that, because of all the sights and sounds accosting an autistic child, he needs to move his eyes away from you in order to listen to you! Diet has made a huge difference in Evan's life. So has focusing on all his accomplishments. Jenny emphasizes that there is power in knowledge, and power in community, as well as in a mother's instinct. She encourages mothers who feel alone to be more vocal and to ask for assistance, because thoughts and prayers also help. When Jenny asked her mother what she should do, her mother said, "Everything responds to love." YES!! The full title of Jenny McCarthy's book is, "Mother Warrior: A Nation of Parents Healing Autism Against All Odds." Sounds like a breakthrough to me! (Both of our books are available at Amazon.com. Enjoy!)
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