Will my child live at home forever?
Will we ever be included in the other relatives' plans and activities again?
Does that other parent know their child is diagnosable too?
Will I someday be arranging a marriage for this child?
Will the siblings take over when I'm dead?
Will I still be tying shoelaces 20 years from now or should I just go with nice loafers?
Why does the school year end the day after her teachers finally understand what's going on?
Is it considered kidnapping if I make the nice young man who may want to marry her in 15 years live in our house in the extra bedroom?
Where is my magic wand?
If behavior is communication, what is this behavior saying to me?
Have I become too confident in my gut-feeling and judgment?
Will I always have to be sleep-deprived and what has this done to my health?
Will I outlive my two atypical children, and if not how will I ever be able to leave them?
Do I have enough strength left today to contemplate anything but the needs of the day? Exactly when did I drift away from trying to plan long range?
(Eighteen years after first diagnosis) Is there any other person, circumstance, event or anything that's more molded and shaped who I have become than having the particular children I have had?