Even when he was a sweet child, she had been warned. Nonverbal people sometimes become violent during their rebellious teenage years. They can’t lash out verbally with an “I hate you Mother,” so they lash out the only way they can – physically.
She had been shoved, hit, scratched, bit. He endangered their lives. For both their sakes, he needed to live at a residential school, where the staff were trained to work with people like him.
It was for the best. But still… What kind of mother rejoices in the calm of this sort of empty nest?
