For the love of Jake
My life with Jake, my autistic son, who is 33.
For the love of Jake
Episode 26: the good, the bad and the ugly
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The good is that Jakes frustrations were all
internal. The bad is that Jake gets frustrated when susu is preparing her meal at a different time than normal. The ugly, if you have eyes in your head, is pretty obvious!
But as soon as susu leaves the kitchen,
Jake is happy again! It’s a battle, we try not to change our routines, but sometimes
It’s unavoidable!
Alright. So we're having problems. We're having problems. Alright, hold on. Hold on. Jakey. Susie's gotta make her lunch. I know she's late. But you have to be patient. Can you be patient? Okay, let's try a song, okay? Um deep in the hundred days. Where Christopher Labby. You finally enchanted Christopher's child of days. It's okay, Jakey. She's gonna make her lunch.
SPEAKER_00There's Kanga and Little Roo. There's rabbit and piglet. And there's owl. Woo hoo.
SPEAKER_02But most of all, there's Winnie Doo. Winnie Doop. Winnie Doo. He's mad at Sus soup. Mad at Sus Soup. Cause Susie's making her lunch at three o'clock. It's not her fault. She had to go to therapy. It's not her fault. She's working on it, baby. She's working on it, okay? You be a good boy. You be a good boy. She's almost done, okay? You love your mama? Come on, high five. Hi five. Come on. She's almost done. Say, I love my mama. Hey, give Oh, Jakey. Jakey. Jakey, do you love your grandma? Do you love grandma? Then you got you gotta be nice to grandma. Susu, go give him a kiss.
SPEAKER_00Give me a kiss, Jake!
SPEAKER_02Give Susu a kiss. Okay, okay. Good boy, Jakey. She'll be gone in a minute, okay? Alright.
SPEAKER_00I know. Stop.
SPEAKER_02Jakey.
SPEAKER_00Stop it.
SPEAKER_02Come on, Jakey. She'll be gone in a minute.
SPEAKER_00In a minute. Listen to me. Listen to me. Oh, I know. But you gotta be pretty nice. You gotta be nice.
SPEAKER_01You gotta be nice.
SPEAKER_00She's almost done.
SPEAKER_01She's hungry.
SPEAKER_00I know she's a horrible thing, but you gotta deal with it.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.