tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241220920555280905.post7337526276715515573..comments2022-04-29T23:57:10.993-07:00Comments on #IAmNOTKelliStapleton #WalkInIssysShoes Flash Blog: Sorry, I'm not sorry, I'm not KelliMorénikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17360855353262663284noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241220920555280905.post-62438109483175035932014-10-18T15:36:14.264-07:002014-10-18T15:36:14.264-07:00Thank you. I spent a long time last night reading...Thank you. I spent a long time last night reading your blog. I'm still not sure where to go to find that community but I am looking.Em and Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11432499925671589972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241220920555280905.post-75505062736016270442014-10-17T17:08:46.272-07:002014-10-17T17:08:46.272-07:00Very brave comment, I hope you know you are not al...Very brave comment, I hope you know you are not alone. My son hits me too and in weak moments I have cried and secretly wished that he could be "normal" None of us can love perfectly all the time. I do believe we have choice how we approach our children's struggles and their Autism We can chose to be happy and look at the ways they are wonderful, instead of focusing on the bad parts. We can pray to God to help us through the bad and help us look for and enjoy the good. That's why I stopped reading those blogs too, one's like Kelli's and her blogger friends. I don't want to dwell in the status woe.. I want to live in joy with my son. I know you can get there and know there of others of us here to support you <3 Alaina83https://www.blogger.com/profile/07029509153844837785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241220920555280905.post-78301170733757491722014-10-17T12:45:28.815-07:002014-10-17T12:45:28.815-07:00I am very glad, for your child's sake, that yo...I am very glad, for your child's sake, that you realized what you were doing and have since stopped. <br /><br />Online support groups are usually the worst places to find actual support (advice, resources, etc...) They are usually a place to commiserate and that's it.<br /><br />I invite you to join us at Autism Women's Network and/or Parenting Autistic Children with Love and Acceptance on FB. Those two are not support groups, but you will find a lot of helpful hints and maybe meet some people who share your line of thinking and find a new support system <br />Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746012761434450560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241220920555280905.post-4228266645640305922014-10-17T12:44:57.587-07:002014-10-17T12:44:57.587-07:00What a brave comment. It is really hard to change...What a brave comment. It is really hard to change the way we see the world and admit our mistakes as parents--we all make them. I want to say that you don't need to feel alone and scared--that there is a community of people waiting to embrace you and walk with you. <3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241220920555280905.post-39391728969478558032014-10-17T12:31:50.568-07:002014-10-17T12:31:50.568-07:00I have done a lot of growing in the past year.
I ...I have done a lot of growing in the past year.<br /><br />I used to be Kelli Stapleton.<br /><br />I was scared. I was hurting. I was very alone. <br /><br />My child hurt me. He gave me a concussion.<br /><br />It was no excuse. <br /><br />Kelli and others like her understood.<br /><br />THAT was no excuse.<br /><br />I exploited my child's vulnerable moments. <br /><br />I said things like "I hate autism" and "I love my child but hate his brain"<br /><br />I have no excuses.<br /><br />In the last several months, I have grown.<br /><br />I have apologized to my children, begged their forgiveness and helped them develop rules for privacy and what can be posted online and when.<br /><br />I left the online "support groups" that enabled my previous behavior.<br /><br />I feel alone. I am scared. But, that is a small price to pay.<br /><br />I am NOT Kelli Stapleton.<br /><br />Em and Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11432499925671589972noreply@blogger.com