Happy Autism Awareness Day

I'll admit, for most of my life I didn't know much about autism besides what I had seen in "Rainman" and other various movies or tv. Then I met AnnMarie. We became buddies in 2002 while we were both planning our weddings. She has a precious son named Mikey who is on the Autism Spectrum. In my 6 (WOW) years of having her in my life, I have learned SO many interesting facts, stories, personal experiences, and opinions of autism and its varying degrees. She has a passion for this subject like no other I have ever seen. I am continually amazed at what an amazing mother she is for not only Mickey but her daughter as well.

She has a ROCKIN' blog (you can always find it over on my side bar also, It's called, "Blog of a Mother"). I highly encourage you, even if only once, to click over there and read just a little bit of her writings. She is spending the month of April blogging mostly about Autism as April is Autism Awerness Month. If you don't visit AnnMarie check out this site: http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer
And if you don't go there, check out CNN today, they are showing all sorts of stuff on tv (even here in Denmark). After all, what better thing can you do on "Autism Awareness Day" than to become a little more aware of autism? I can't think of a thing!

AnnMarie thanks for helping those who know you (and even those who don't) understand autism better and for being such a fantastic teacher to me personally!

Cheers to Mikey today!
Isn't he the cutest thing?