Welcome to the Parallel Universe.

The Universe of parents with quirky kids.

Here everything is a little bit different. Nobody judges you, everyone just accepts you for who you are.

Here, nobody cares if you are wearing yesterday's sweat pants or what kind of car you drive, because here everyone is equal. Here everyone is different and that makes us all the same.

We inhabit this universe not by choice but by forced occupation. No one would choose to live here. But none the less we have learned to thrive and survive here.

Our Parallel Universe is made up of therapy appointments, doctor's visits, and stressing about how we may never fit back into that other Universe that we once belonged to.

That Universe where everything was "normal"

We may long for that other Universe from time to time, but those of us who have lived in the Parallel Universe long enough have come to see the gifts it has to offer.

It is not an easy place to exist, I would be lying if I said it was so. It is what it is and the best thing to remember about this Parallel Universe is that you are not alone. There are many who have traveled here light years before us. They are the pioneers, the survivors and one day we will be too..........