Post by lela12982 on Jun 8, 2009 19:19:26 GMT -5
Some of you may remember my story from DDB. When Jason first appear on Idol, my son was hardly talking. He was NOT singing, he loved the wiggles, but didn't sing along or anything. He couldn't answer us if we asked him a yes or no question and would just stare at us with this look that would break your heart because he knew you wanted something but just didn't know what.
Then came Jason. I remember still so clearly sitting with Evan on my bed with Jason playing on my computer with my son sitting next to me just looking around, and then all of a sudden... "travelin, travelin, travelin, travelin" came out of his mouth. I was shocked. I sat there staring at my computer not moving trying to act like I hadn't noticed so he would keep doing it. All he would sing was "traveling" and he would mumble along in tune with a word filling in here and there. I sat there with tears just coming down my face I was just so full of so many feelings. Hope, happiness, amazement, shock.... I don't know what I felt more. As soon as the song ended I just gave him the biggest hug I ever hugged anyone!
There was something about Jason that brought something out in Evan, something in his voice that reached somewhere in him that no one else could seem to reach. He unlocked a door somewhere deep in his soul and brought my son to me. We bonded over Jason. He would dance and smile and try to sing. He started talking. He started looking at me, he told me he loved me. I waited 3 years to hear it and it was amazing. By August Evan knew what Jason (whom he called Drums (which he made up himself since he couldn't say Jason, and he didn't know Jason played drums...) looked like and when he say I got my picture taken with him, said "where my picture Drums?" So my response was to try and take him to RI to see Jason and get his picture with Jason!
I took him and he was so excited and he saw him coming and was even more excited and then as he got closer was less and less excited, until he was clinging to me in fear. I asked Jason for a pic with him and Jason kinda laughed and said I don't know he doesn't look like he wants to, and I assured him he did and literallly held Evan in the pic! (see my profile pic!) He laughed and after Evan was so happy he had a picture with Jason! I knew if I didn't make him he would have cried over not having it! I asked why he was scared of Jason and his response was "he was BIG" (complete with a hand guesture!) I think he was used to pictures and never thought he was a real sized person!
So I really believe that if it wasn't for Jason my son wouldn't be this wonderful 4 yr old boy who now runs around like a mad man, talks like crazy (still alot jumbled and hard to understand, but he tries SOOO hard) and smiley and funny and playful and just wonderful little boy.
I am sharing this for 2 reasons, the first is just to share it. People need to know how much someone like Jason or anyone can touch the lives of those around them. The second is I am having a fundraiser for Autism Speaks, a non-profit organization that supports the research and awareness of Autism and I would like to have the dreadheads support. I would love to be able to make a donation in the name of the Dreadheads/Jason Castro fans after what Jason did to help my family and give us so much hope.
I am a doing this 2 ways. The first is I am a Pampered Chef consultant, so I am selling Pampered Chef through my website.(PM me for MY website address for the fundraiser to get credit) The second is through direct donations through the Autism speaks website. If you are interested in helping with the fundraiser you can PM me or email me at JCunninghamPC@gmail.com. Thank you!!
I know alot of the dreadheads were there for me during alot of the hard times I was having during these times and I just wanted to thank you all for that. I wish I had the time to be on here more, I miss all my friends I have on here!
Then came Jason. I remember still so clearly sitting with Evan on my bed with Jason playing on my computer with my son sitting next to me just looking around, and then all of a sudden... "travelin, travelin, travelin, travelin" came out of his mouth. I was shocked. I sat there staring at my computer not moving trying to act like I hadn't noticed so he would keep doing it. All he would sing was "traveling" and he would mumble along in tune with a word filling in here and there. I sat there with tears just coming down my face I was just so full of so many feelings. Hope, happiness, amazement, shock.... I don't know what I felt more. As soon as the song ended I just gave him the biggest hug I ever hugged anyone!
There was something about Jason that brought something out in Evan, something in his voice that reached somewhere in him that no one else could seem to reach. He unlocked a door somewhere deep in his soul and brought my son to me. We bonded over Jason. He would dance and smile and try to sing. He started talking. He started looking at me, he told me he loved me. I waited 3 years to hear it and it was amazing. By August Evan knew what Jason (whom he called Drums (which he made up himself since he couldn't say Jason, and he didn't know Jason played drums...) looked like and when he say I got my picture taken with him, said "where my picture Drums?" So my response was to try and take him to RI to see Jason and get his picture with Jason!
I took him and he was so excited and he saw him coming and was even more excited and then as he got closer was less and less excited, until he was clinging to me in fear. I asked Jason for a pic with him and Jason kinda laughed and said I don't know he doesn't look like he wants to, and I assured him he did and literallly held Evan in the pic! (see my profile pic!) He laughed and after Evan was so happy he had a picture with Jason! I knew if I didn't make him he would have cried over not having it! I asked why he was scared of Jason and his response was "he was BIG" (complete with a hand guesture!) I think he was used to pictures and never thought he was a real sized person!
So I really believe that if it wasn't for Jason my son wouldn't be this wonderful 4 yr old boy who now runs around like a mad man, talks like crazy (still alot jumbled and hard to understand, but he tries SOOO hard) and smiley and funny and playful and just wonderful little boy.
I am sharing this for 2 reasons, the first is just to share it. People need to know how much someone like Jason or anyone can touch the lives of those around them. The second is I am having a fundraiser for Autism Speaks, a non-profit organization that supports the research and awareness of Autism and I would like to have the dreadheads support. I would love to be able to make a donation in the name of the Dreadheads/Jason Castro fans after what Jason did to help my family and give us so much hope.
I am a doing this 2 ways. The first is I am a Pampered Chef consultant, so I am selling Pampered Chef through my website.(PM me for MY website address for the fundraiser to get credit) The second is through direct donations through the Autism speaks website. If you are interested in helping with the fundraiser you can PM me or email me at JCunninghamPC@gmail.com. Thank you!!
I know alot of the dreadheads were there for me during alot of the hard times I was having during these times and I just wanted to thank you all for that. I wish I had the time to be on here more, I miss all my friends I have on here!