I’m with You, Mikey!
Swim practice four nights a week was getting to be a lot for me and Mikey. To be honest, I think it was getting to be a lot for Will too. Our family rule is that once we start something, we commit for the season. So, we all stuck it out. Even on rainy days when Mikey and I sat in the car (him watching a movie and me reading my book).
Maybe my caption was to inform Mikey’s classmates of the swim schedule, but it feels like it may have been encouragement for myself to push through until the end…ugh. It might have been my little message to myself, “We’ve got this. Just make it until the end of February!”
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Erica Mauro is a mom to two teenage boys, Will who is neurotypical and Michael with Autism and cognitive delays. She holds a BA in Psychology from Colgate University and a Masters of Psychology in Education from Columbia Teacher’s College. Before staying home with her children, she worked as an elementary school teacher. For five years, she served on the Board of Directors of the Molly Ann Tango Memorial Foundation, a charity dedicated to enriching the lives of children with special needs. In partnership with her husband Dave, she aspires to parent by using daily life as an opportunity for therapeutic intervention, seizing on real experiences as opportunities to build skills and strategies for Michael in a joyful, loving home environment. On the tougher early days, she just tried to get everyone safely to bedtime and start fresh in the morning. *wink* 
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