Never did i think we would fall in love. Mike was quite n serious. The complete oppisite of me. I'm loud, outgoing, and love to be spontaneous.. He told me he had been diagnosed as mental retardation. Something didnt fit as i watched mike use his hands to fix things, was amazing on a cellphone and computer, was able to communicate well. I thought maybe he was misdiagnosed. I asked his grandma one day, She said Lynda if u ask me the boy has autism from what i read today. Well i knew i like him alot as we spent day after day i knew this gentle soul had won my heart. He moved in with my family helped me and my mom take care of my dying stepfather. became provider and protecter of my mom and I . I loved him i knew from the day my dad was lowered into the ground and he knelt before his grave during the whole service. That next year our daughter was born february 23,2007 came Alyssa Rose into the world. He was the first to hold and feed her. That bond grew from there she was daddys girl in the beginning. Well my bi-polar started to act up in the beginning of Alyssas life he had to be mother and father to her. When she was four cps came into our lives it became a long rocky road ...he stayed. Nathan Allyn came into our lives that January 14 2010 he had problems from the start but daddy said he is gonna be our survivor. He was diagnosed with autism, , speech delayment, and learning disabled. we helped him learn slowly byreading and talking to him. We accessed all our countys resources . Then Alyssa was raped at four and cps came and is still present. I had another episode in 2013 the kids were put in state custody daddy never left. Look at Mike a father of two, working for a living, and a wonderful husband. Autism was someones definition but not his life story....

lynda berlanga echols
Clute, TX