Autism, the social glue that binds.

Some people in your life are just like the cornerstone of a building. And like with any good cornerstone, you  take it away and everything else is reduced to nothing. Tyler is definitely the cornerstone of our family. He is the very life and breath within these walls. When he's gone....there's just not a whole lot going on. Sure, we're still doing stuff. It's just different.


Every night before going to bed the husband and I lay in bed and play a few rounds of Sudoku on the Eee Pad. Every morning I always reach my hand up to where I sat it down at.....to find it gone. I know it's gone before I do it, but I reach for it any way to get my first morning kick. That boy has done ninja'ed his way into my room and snatched the Eee Pad. This week, every morning, it's still been right where I left it. Every night it tells me that my Zombies are hungry for an invasion. Or that my Zoo needs tending. 


For only being one person he sure does leave his mark everywhere. I was straightening my room today and found a pair of his shoes under my bed. Two of his hats. And a pair of socks. I found some of his clothes in my dirty clothes basket. He's gone, but he still remains to be everywhere. These are all testaments to his absence, but the strongest of all is the silence. The mornings find no Pokemon. There is no shouting of "COME ON HOPEEEE!!!!" as Tyler tries to beckon her outside, or up the stairs, or down the stairs...


So, here we are. Living a Tylerless life. Going on about our daily lives doing....not much. In the words of Sheldon Cooper, Tyler is "the social glue that holds this little group together". What are we doing then? Life like things. Errands. Chores. Eating. Sleeping. Here are some pictures of what a Tylerless day looks like:

My husband is working.

Teenager is spending her days being very intimate with the couch.

And the Eee Pad is telling me that the Zombies and Zoo animals are in need again.

I sure can't wait for the next few days to go by. Not only is our house in need of it's cornerstone back, but Tylerism's just isn't the same when you take the Tyler out of it. I've been trying to decide if I'm desperate enough to throw out some of the dumb things the teenager says as a substitute. Like just a little while ago my husband read a news article titled "Gator victim saved by 'Swamp People'.." The teenager then says, "Yeah, but what did they save him from?" o.O Then there's the one from the other day where we were watching Lord of the Rings and she called Gandalf Dumbledore and the husband threatened to revoke her geek license. :P Hopefully we will not have to resort to the blonde jokes. A few more days and all will be right in the world! <3