He was diagnosed with autism at the age of 5. But I haven't spent my life hoping that Evan will be accepted. I've spent my life hoping that he will change. At times, I know I have failed them, but Evan is the one I have let down the most. In that pure and still place, I started to let go of what I had hoped would be and began to accept what was.

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