I received a note from one of my most favorite people in the world this morning.  I have been struggling with all things autism trying to find a way to push it away from the surface.  She comes with this...

"...since we can't bubblewrap the world, add visual icons to the universe in order to smooth all the transitions, and make everyone play fair and nice 100 percent of the time, I guess the next best thing is to do what you're doing..."

It was perfect. 

I wiped my tears, put on my lucky earrings, and tackled the dentist with Jackson and Allison for the first time this morning.  It has been two plus years in the making. 

We did it.  Jackson did it.  Allison did it.  We walked out of there with prizes in hand, clean teeth, x rays in their charts, and no cavities.  Jackson had two "episodes" that threw off the hygienist, but he recovered in record time in both instances.  Allison was smooth sailing a couple of chairs over.

So proud.

Thank you for your words!  I couldn't have it done it without them!