Wonderful piece by Joel Yanofsky is a writer in Montreal, Canada, on The New York Times Motherlode blog, advertures in parenthood.
MONTREAL -- It should be interesting.
At least, that’s what I’ve been telling guests in advance of my son Jonah’s
impending bar mitzvah. Sometimes, I wish we’d added this phrase — part
disclaimer, part promo — to the invitations that went out a couple of months
ago.
Anyone who’s organized a bar or bat mitzvah, a communion, a sweet 16, even a
relatively big birthday party knows how much there is to prepare. But when your child has autism, as Jonah does, the preparations never seem to end; nor does the worrying about everything that might go wrong. So, yes, it’s even money that
on the day of his bar mitzvah Jonah will do something interesting. I’m betting
that just as the rabbi is briefing him on the significance of this time-honored
ritual, Jonah will give a shout-out to his favorite animals, yaks and
zebras.
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