Autism Journey Day 21-When I think back on how my life has changed because of that little baby who was born almost 25 years ago, I am amazed and I feel so fortunate!! It was such a shock to get pregnant when Spencer was 6 months old, but it was an event that radically changed the course of our lives. We moved into a bigger house and all of the kids have done their growing up in it. I was staying at home with our kids and Brad was working hard for me to be able to do that. Shelby started kindergarten when Paige was 3 days old. I learned so much when we started ABA. Those strategies made a lot of sense to me. I decided to go back to school to get my teaching degree. I graduated in December of 2007. I couldn’t have done any of this without the support of my husband and my mom. Throughout my years of school my mom came up to the house once a week and did laundry, cleaned my house, and made a good meal for my family. This all happened while I was in school until 9 pm before making a 40 minute drive home. I could not have done it without her!