As a parent of a special child you're always
giving, giving, and you're not getting any
satisfaction of seeing any results, nothing
is returned.
When Jaxson was little he had a speech therapist,
and I would say, "Just get Jaxson to say yes.
All he would say is no."
Raising Jaxson with autism was very stressful
and it took a lot of toll on the family it
affected our marriage.
Jaxson's always been very routine oriented
and any sort of break in his routine would
cause a huge uproar, he, especially when he
was younger, there would be times where we
would have to literally drag him out of the
house while he's kicking and screaming.
He would be like a pressure cooker and he
would just let off steam.
He would close his eyes and shake and he'd
start getting really upset.
He wanted to make friends with everybody,
but he doesn't talk very well and he couldn't
make that eye contact so he couldn't make
that bond to actually have friends.
I said, you know you get a car if you learn
to drive so he was with a driver at school
and they said, "He has too much stress.
You need to get him some anxiety reducer so
that he can drive."
And that's when I decided that's it, we're
gonna go learn TM.
Since then his life has made a 180 degree
turn.
He doesn't have these tantrums.
There's not as many outbursts.
He smiles much more than he ever has and he
looks at you in the eye - there's much more
eye contact.
Every time I meditate I just feel like I'm
fully blessed, I'm fully re-energized, it
makes my day a lot more easier.
Two years ago he got his driver's license.
My brother came up to me one day and says,
"Jaxson got his driver's license?I didn't
think that was ever gonna be possible."
The other thing that was huge for Jaxson is
that he got his first job.
Since he's been meditating it's an unfolding
process.
Every month there's something new, something
expanding in his world that wasn't there before.
He's more caring about other people, he seems
to be able to reach out to other people.
I'm having a bad day about two months ago,
he said to me, "Mom, you need to go meditate
so you can think straight."
So, he's driving, he;s working, he's in a
bowling league, he goes out on Sunday nights
and bowls, and now he has friends.
He's a happier human being.
He learned TM and all these wonderful things
happened.
I know with all these improvements that he
made in such a short period of time that he's
going to live a normal, happy life.
Our family is able to benefit from all of
us meditating.
Life is much better.
Life is easier.
It took Jaxson a long time to be able to give
back and now he's giving back.
He's the joy of my life.
There's been such a remarkable change in Jaxson
that I can't imagine other families and other
kids wouldn't get the same experience that
Jaxson did.
