EVERY DAY IS A NEW DAY

Lvery day ls a new day l had a Leacher who would say Lhls every mornlng aL Lhe sLarL of class
We LhoughL Lhls was unorlglnal Lo say Lhe leasL WasnL lL obvlous LhaL every day ls a new day when
Lhe name of Lhe day changed Lhe daLe changed Lhe facL we wenL home and came back wearlng
dlfferenL cloLheslLs noL llke Lhls was news Lo us We were 12 years old and aL 12 you know everyLhlng
WhaLs Lhe polnL ln always acknowledglng Lhls slmple facL?
Maybe Lhls sLaLemenL of hablL Lhls manLra he would repeaL Lo hlmself wasnL so polnLless afLer all LeLs
move beyond Lhe obvlous reasons we ofLen say Lhls 1he Lyplcal parenLlng sLaLemenLs
Maybe Lomorrow you can play your vldeo game 1oday you made some bad cholces and lL ls golng
away 1omorrow ls a nLW uA? Make beLLer cholces and you geL your game back
?ou are Llred and maLh ls noL easy LeLs Lake a break for Lhe day and sLarL agaln Lomorrow lL wlll be a
new day and you can geL Lhls
We LreaL Lhe sLaLemenL as lf Lomorrow ls golng Lo brlng us unbellevable super powers and Lhe ablllLy Lo
change Lhe worldall challenges wlll fade away We ofLen use Lhe sLaLemenL Lo make oLhers feel
beLLeror geL us ouL of sLlcky slLuaLlons AlLhough Lhe super powers may noL arrlve come mornlng
llghLLhe ablllLy Lo change our llLLle parL of Lhe world does come wlLh Lhe rlslng of Lhe mornlng sun
AuLlsm doesnL granL you Lhe freedom Lo run and hlde (alLhough many Llmes LhaL ls whaL we feel llke
dolng) l have frlends who have run from Lhelr [obs due Lo sLress run from Lhelr marrlages because of
dlfflculL Llmes run from Lhelr famllles because Lhe load became Lo greaL Lo manage SomeLlmes Lhere
are parenLs who run from Lhelr chlld who has AuLlsm 1hey say Lhey are runnlng from AuLlsm and whaL
lL has done Lo Lhem Lhelr famlly Lhelr work Lhelr llfe 1hey long Lo wake up Lo a new day of freedoms
Seems Lo always be abouL Lhem and noL anyone else no easy way around LhlsLhey are runnlng from
Lhelr chlld 1haL chlld wlll grow lnLo a preLeen a Leenager and someday soon Lhey wlll be an adulL Wlll
Lhelr chlld wake up one mornlng followlng ln Lhelr fooLsLeps and run from Lhose Lhey love?
When Lhlngs donL work ouL as planned you have Lo geL back up and conLlnue Lhe [ourney SomeLlmes
Lhe paLh ls alLered a blL Lhe horlzon blocked by fogLhaLs when you seek ouL Lhose beacons ln your
llfe 1he shlnlng sLars who wlll help you flnd your way when losL We llke Lo Lhlnk we can go lL alone 8uL
we need Lhe sLrengLh of Lhose who love us and care abouL us Lo llfL us up Lo see whaLs ahead We have
a need Lo feel llke we are needed necessary and belong
lL was a few days lnLo Lhe school year of 7Lh grade LhaL my Leacher sLarLed saylng Lvery day ls a new
day !usL weeks before my uad came lnLo my room Lo Lell me someLhlng lmporLanL WlLh Lears ln hls
eyes he looked aL me slLLlng on Lhe edge of my bed and Lold me Mom had MulLlple Sclerosls Pe
explalned how Lhe MS was causlng some of Lhe problems she was havlng Pe proceeded Lo share oLher
deLalls and lnformaLlon Pe sald MS would drasLlcally change her llfe our llfe and l would need Lo sLep
Lhlngs up a blL My young mlnd could only hold so much Pow l wlshed Lomorrow would come and all
Lhls would be a dream l wanLed Lo go Lo bed and wake up Lo a new day wlLhouL Lhese fears Many years
laLer Angle and l sLood ln Lhe docLors offlce and heard Lhe dlagnosls of AuLlsm Cur llLLle baby wlLh
such fuLure and promlse had been dlagnosed wlLh AuLlsm MS and AuLlsmLwo dlsorders wlLh no
known cause and so many unanswered quesLlons 1wo days LhaL have helped seL Lhe course of my llfe
1hese were far from ordlnary days As wlLh MS l have learned LhaL AuLlsm requlres an aLLlLude change l
had Lo sLep Lhlngs up a blL[usL llke Chlef had Lold me when l was young
We canL predlcL whaL Lhe fuLure wlll hold or whaL Lomorrow wlll brlng Llvlng each day llke lL ls speclal ls
so lmporLanL Lvery day ls a new day and we musL make Lhe declslon Lo glve lL our all When we wake
Lomorrow mornlng Lhere wlll be Lhe expecLed and Lhe unexpecLed 1oday we can make Lhe declslon
LhaL we wlll glve Lomorrow our all
Lvery day ls a new day