PUZZLED POST BEGINNINGS

My name is Brian Golladay, I live in Mesa, Arizona.  I am not a professional writer, rather I am far from it.  I am very fortunate to say that I am happily married, my wife and I have 3 boys,  we are very active in our church, and we live a life like most people with its ups and downs.  The names of my boys are Ezra, Isaiah, and Ammon, and at the time of this post, they are of the ages of 4, 3, and almost 1.  The two older ones, Ezra and Isaiah are diagnosed with Autism, and as I will note in more detail later on, each of the three boys are completely different from each other as many siblings are.

I wanted to create this blog for a couple reasons.  The first is to provide a means of communication for those that assist my autistic boys through their triumphs and challenges in life  The assistance provided to them by others come in many ways such as therapies, education, church, family support, and donations for their area of education.  None of these are overlooked by us, and we are so grateful for the assistance, we really could not have success without the help of others.  Support provided financially, emotionally, and time of day, is what gets us over life's challenges.

The second reason for this blog is to inform others that may be in similar situations as us, know others in situations such as us, assist families in situations such as us, or just want to be familiar with the things encountered by a family that has autistic children.

The experiences that I blog about are ours, and may be very different for another family in a similar situation.  Anyone is free to comment on experiences that they have, although this blog is not intended to degrade any organization or style of parenting.  What I have learned  is that none of us are put in identical situations and in the end we all just want to do what we believe is best and we should have the right to do that.  I am writing about the experiences that we have in my family so that others may see our trials and triumphs and possibly use it to their advantage.