The Angel in Leather Who Laid Down Beside My Screaming Son!

was not suddenly okay. He was not “fixed.” But he was beginning to regulate. Beginning to find his way back.

Only after Marcus had calmed enough to sit up did the man speak.

He told me his grandson was autistic too. He said he had learned that in moments like this, trying to pull a child out too quickly can make the storm worse. Sometimes, he said, the continue reading …