Bad day? NBD

So today I attended a kick off event for Walk Now for Autism by Autism Speaks. It was sponsored by the Limited Brands and besides the fabulous decor, great food and beverages, the speakers were phenomenal. There was an autistic teenager (16) who spoke, a mother who has in the past 12 years never spoke publicly about her son's autism and someone that made me realize that my bad days are not bad days. His name is Henry Slatkin. He is the president of Limited Brands' Home Design and has a nine year old son with autism. Before he spoke they showed a video about their son and how they did ABA therapy from about 8 in the morning till 6 at night and how he was unresponsive. This means that everything that Henry and his family told to their son he had no response because his brain could not comprehend what was being told to him. The sad thing about Henry and his family is that he informed us that his wife and him had decided to put him in a home because they could no longer take care of him. This put life into perspective to me. Could you imagine having to put your child who is nine years old into a home because you could not provide for him. Even though you had all the money and did everything you were told to do and nothing came out of it, no progress. I can not imagine, I am not a mother yet but to have to place your child in a home and to have to make the decision about the fact that you were not adequate enough is mind blowing-ly painful. I am very appreciative that as right now I do not have to make a decision like that and that my niece is making great progress. We, as humans always take things for granted and today I realized that I take my niece's progress for granted. Yes we are happy when she does something new but we want her to be a high functioning autistic person and right now she is not there. However from where she used to be with no therapy or vitamins she is high functioning and is doing great. So before you complain about a bad day think before you lash out or complain. Life could be worse