I read somewhere that life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond and no

matter what challenges you're facing here's some encouragement God's going to give you the strength you need to

persevere, to respond well. I'm John Fuller along with Dr. Danny

Werta, who heads up the focus on the family parenting department, and we're going to hear now from

Julie Hornock. She spoke with Jim Daly and me about her daughter Lizzy who's on

the autism spectrum and about how we as parents of special needs kids pretty much all parents can learn to become

better people even when tough times come.

Do you meet other young moms who don't grieve it well and they're just like plowing ahead

they're just going to be tough and but you can tell that moment that brick wall

is going to be there. How do you coach them? Yeah, I mean, so this is something that actually

made me want to go and interview families all over the world is because I noticed just

within my circle of moms, my circle of autism autism moms that there were women as they

went they were either getting bitter or better and so they were either taking

what life was had given them to make themselves better to better the world or they were

just getting

angrier and they would fight harder and it was like they were spinning and so

my heart just breaks for the mom who is getting bitter because I know I get it I could have gone

that way you know you don't always know how you're going to react and what's going

to happen and so I thought I'm just going to compile these stories that can inspire them of moms that have gotten better and how can they do that.

And so I just picture a mom having like a really bad day and like getting a whole sleeve of Oreos and just taking a break and reading one of the stories and just being inspired and that's I just I share with them just to go

Stop and just look at people that seem to be okay in it and ask and find out how why are they doing

okay and it really does all come down to that acceptance.

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