My bedroom on fire

So, there I was - making dinner with my husband. Our three-year-old son was playing in his room. It was a crisp fall day, ahhhhhh peaceful. Then our son came downstairs very slowly. He was taking each step as if it might break if he stepped too hard. He quietly walked into the kitchen and calmly said, "Mom, your bedroom is on fire." I turned and looked at him to try and see if I could tell if he was serious. Our son is obsessed with Volcanoes and numerous times our home is being consumed by lava, or a pyroclastic cloud of some sort. My son then again stated, "Mom, your bedroom is on fire. I lit your bedroom on fire." My husband started walking slowly upstairs to see what kind of game our son was playing when he turned back to me and yelled, "I smell smoke!" We both ran upstairs, opened our bedroom door and saw a match sitting on our dresser that was on fire. Luckily the fire was just a flame and we were able to put it out. Our son walked into the room and I asked him what he was doing! He said matter-of-factly, "I was going camping." The thing that killed me about this encounter was that my son had lit a match, put it on my dresser, walked calmly out of the room, shut the door behind him and then walked slowly down the stairs and calmly told me my bedroom was on fire.

Well........this is my life. Our son is now six. He was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome a couple years ago. Asperger's (besides having such a fantastic name that is never going to get anyone made fun of) is an autism spectrum disorder. It is characterized by obsessing about one topic, social awkwardness, sensitivity to light, sound and touch and an inability to relate to the world around them in a "normal" way. After the diagnosis, we went through the obvious sadness and heartache. Afterwards, we realized that we have a unique life - our son sees things in a different way. We should enjoy and embrace his view of life. Every day he says things that make me laugh so hard I think I should buy stock in depends. So, I have decided to share those stories with you so that once I buy my stock in depends then I will be a rich women with funny stories. I hope you enjoy them......I do!