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Outdoor pursuits

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I am a parent of an 8 year old with Aspergers, I’ve always been into mountains and outdoor adventure activities, but it’s so hard now to do any, and maybe get 2 weekends a year to go and play in the mountains. With everything that single parenting an autistic child brings, I feel like I’ve lost half of myself by not being able to do what used to give me so much joy. I realise this may seem trivial in light of all the daily challenges our little ones endure, but I wonder if anyone else understands the pull of the outdoors and feels my pain at often not being able to get my little one out the front door let alone up a mountain?

  • Thank you for such a lovely understanding reply, that sense of freedom running over the hills, amazing!! 

  • That's hard! We all want and need some time to ourselves, to feel the expansiveness of life, it's possibilities, access our passions and top ourselves up.

    I've friends who are in couples that struggle to negotiate this, especially if they've kids; single parents have it much more difficult, and if the kid takes more care than usual then you need your thing more. I don't think it's a trivial issue, it's part of feeling whole. I really come alive fell running, nothing else is close, and i love the cut off of being away somewhere just a little remote. Ihope you can find a way to make this happen for you.