Creating three life manuals to help my family thrive when I'm gone
A 64-year-old mother is determined to create three life manuals—one for her autistic son, one for her older son's family, and one for herself—to ensure her wisdom and caregiving knowledge live on beyond her years.
I have a better picture in my heart what I desire to do is help my family by creating 3 manuals. See my youngest son is high function autistic and dyslexic and has psychosis issues. His executive functioning skills are very poor. The manual is to help when I am not around he can look up what he needs to know or do in that situation. Second manual is for my older son and his wife to help them help with my special needs son. So they know have the things they need to help him and have a short learning curve on what I went through to help my youngest son. Third manual is to help me to remember how to better treat myself when I get overwhelmed and get emotional what to do to help myself when I am not thinking straight, plus much more. I want to tie all the things together not only on body, mind, spirit and emotions and I call x-factories everything else. It is my gifts to my family so these have my words of wisdom to help them out when they need it. Whhen I am no longer around I am 64 years old and I will not be around forever. This is why I want to win the drawing to help me get my act together and get over my blocks that have been stopping me for years. I have been surviving, not thriving and I ready now to thrive before I die.
JoAnne Bearce
Retired
North Scituate, United States
Written 24 December 2025 From our original stories site
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