Thank you. Actually I do have a goal for myself. Weight loss and better health.

Heidi thanks for your post!!! Just a question, as I'm a Very Late bloomer having my son a week before 43, would you think having goals surrounding and including your son would not be good? I bet there are a lot of sons and daughters who need that type of love! I am glad you are here, I found my life became very hard once my son no longer lived at home~being a single parent this is why I created this group~~lost myself and need to find my way back to me to reclaim my life! Best! ml

Welcome Heidi!

Thanks for your post miro and for the wonderful welcome from everyone. Yes I think I could share goals with my son. We both need to get out and socialize more. He needs to spend time with his new girlfriend while I spend time talking to her mom who has been the best friend for me I have ever had. Josh is 19 and also has Aspergers so if you ever want to talk let me know.

Hi Heidi...it Is A Journey to outer Mongolia....raising my dear "Angel With Horns" as a single parent....I fought for services, tried to be a 'good enough mother' and stay on my own feet with bipolar 1. Is your son still in school? John is in an extended program through his 21 year for maturity growth and for work program ....very tired at 63, but "I'm Still Standing!!!

Josh just turned 19 and has two years of school left. He was held back two or three times, I lost count, but anyway he went from failing all his classes in the ninth grade to this year making mostly A's and B's at the alternative school that he is now at. He has his first girlfriend and is woking on getting his drivers license. He is working towards getting an internship this summer working with computers. He is in a program called ADEC which provides services for people with developmental disabilities. We are hoping to soon get him into semi-independant living soon.

There is no way I could have raised Josh by myself. I am very debilitated by my mental illness, depression, and have always needed help from others to raise Josh.

I have talked to a few moms who had trouble getting services for their child. Sometimes I visit the Aspergers site here at DS and find out what's going on with other moms as well as get advice for myself.

I am getting better at "letting go" of Josh. He has lived with his aunt and uncle for the past two years so that was when the process started. They were able to help him more than I was and he had just recovered from cancer so he went with them.

Welcome Heidi,


I haven't been here much this week...

This site is taking form a good place for encouragement....