05/23/2026
This song is dedicated to all the people who are dealing with mental illness in a family member.
We have a high functioning Autistic son that is now experiencing some mental issues in his middle age. He has traveled the world teaching in several countries. He has a double Masters and his IQ has been measured above 180. Yet.... sometimes like Einstein his common sense is gone. Not limited, just gone.
He blesses our home by leaving a bloody fingerprint pattern on our walls of our house. He now sleeps in a tiny home behind our house(Joy). He recently broke or destroyed all of the furniture in the tiny home and wanted to start helping us "clear out" things from our house. The house and garage are now locked to him so he won't "clean up" our lives. He has clogged our toilet a number of times because he can't just throw away mail. It has to be shredded and immersed in water to purge the evil from it. Of course the easiest way of immersion is to flush it down the toilet. But....toilets don't flush paper and envelopes well and....the plumber has been called...sigh....again. This song is about the parents battle with adult children that have mental issues.
There are thousands of us out there and I hope this song lets you know you are not alone. God has given us peace about our son but the day to day struggles don't get any easier in our old age. We also have the knowledge that we someday will not be there to help him. What will happen to our son then?
If you have a similar or not so similar problem with a loved on please post about it here if for no other reason to let others know we are not alone.
We have a high functioning Autistic son that is now experiencing so...