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Christmas Thoughts - Michelle Rebello-Tindall!
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"Christmas is a time of wanting to be home on dark cold nights and loving the warm glow of coloured lights. I love the films, family, the thrill of a snow forecast, Nat King Cole, a real tree and just being grateful for all that I have.
Our house is chaotically and unashamedly autistic and we don't march to the same beat as everyone else. We beg the kids every year to give us their Christmas wishes because they don't want material things. We refuse to have turkey and we actively avoid shopping. We'll also be avoiding social expectations... And balloons. Christmas day itself is at the mercy of army shifts.
The kids don't want pantos or parties and have never wanted to go see Father Christmas (why would you want to queue with crying babies for an hour to go sit in a dark hut with a stranger in disguise who interrogates you?). Our kids just want to hide from the world under blankets and recharge their batteries before the next term and that's OK!
So if you take a peek through our door we'll be happily playing Exploding Kittens and making sure the potatoes don't touch the gravy."
Our house is chaotically and unashamedly autistic and we don't march to the same beat as everyone else. We beg the kids every year to give us their Christmas wishes because they don't want material things. We refuse to have turkey and we actively avoid shopping. We'll also be avoiding social expectations... And balloons. Christmas day itself is at the mercy of army shifts.
The kids don't want pantos or parties and have never wanted to go see Father Christmas (why would you want to queue with crying babies for an hour to go sit in a dark hut with a stranger in disguise who interrogates you?). Our kids just want to hide from the world under blankets and recharge their batteries before the next term and that's OK!
So if you take a peek through our door we'll be happily playing Exploding Kittens and making sure the potatoes don't touch the gravy."
Michelle Rebello-Tindall
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