I miss my old paycheck and the sense of pride, power, and worth that it gave me. I make a lot less money now. A lot less. But what I’ve lost in dollars, I’ve gained in time. I have time in the afternoons now to help Charlie and Lucy with their homework, to play Wii with them, to watch Charlie’s soccer games, to take a nap with Linus. I can’t wait to spend afternoons snowboarding. I have time to paint a portrait of Lucy (my only child who will sit still long enough) or the apples we picked at the local orchard. I have time to read novels, to meditate, to watch the deer walk across the backyard, to have dinner every night with my family. Less money, more time. So far, the trade-off has been worth every penny.
Lisa GenovaTake what you've learned and love someone again.
Find someone to love and love without condition.
This is why we're all here.
I’ve been so focused on what’s horrible and unfair and terrifying about my condition that I hadn’t acknowledged what is positive about my condition, as if the positive had been sitting quietly by itself on the far edge of the left side of my condition, there but completely ignored. I can’t copy a whole cat. But I can recognize it, name it, know what one sounds and feels like, and I can copy most of it, enough for anyone who looks at it to know what I’ve drawn. I am lucky.
Lisa GenovaShe felt almost spellbound by him, as if he were a magnet pulling her to him.
Lisa GenovaStichwörter: love
And you, Mom. I loved you. You've asked if i felt and understood that you loved me. of course I did. And you know this. I loved your love because it kept me safe and happy and wanted, and it existed beyond words and hugs and eyes.
Lisa GenovaStichwörter: love mother family-relationships
It's the closest place to nowhere that she can think of. And nowhere is exactly where she wants to be today.
Lisa GenovaStichwörter: inspirational heartbreak love-anthony
The spectrum is long and wide, and we're all on it. Once you believe this, it becomes easy to see how we're all connected.
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We have pills for headaches. We have antidepressants for sadness. We had God for believers. We have nothing for autism.
Lisa GenovaShe still loves the feel of a new book. While she appreciates the convenience of those thin, slick e-readers, they don't give her the three-dimensional sensory experience that comes with a real book.
Lisa GenovaHe said not to worry. But it's there. The worry. I can't help it. It's like telling me not to have brown eyes. I have brown eyes. I'm worried.
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