Love Letter for my Autistic Child

I am your child, love me with an open heart.

My perceptions are distorted.

Tastes, textures, smells, sounds overwhelm me.

Help me to make sense of chaos.

At times I can focus on nothing and bounce like a ball,

Whirl like a top,

Up and down, round and round.

Sometimes I am so focused you can’t reach me:

When I am in my own world, I never want to leave it.

My temper is short, but my heart is tender.

I am always sorry.

I am unlike most children,

Yet some are like me:

Different.

Special.

More, not less.

Teach me to grow, but accept me as the child I am meant to be.

Sometimes “I won’t” only means “I can’t.”

God made me this way:

I am perfect.

I am your own precious, wonderful child,

The gift you always wanted.

Love me with all your heart.