It's all a crock

I am 99.9% sure that diagnoses for the Bumble Bean are useless.  The sad part is, he can't get services without a diagnosis, the worse the diagnosis the better.  On the other hand, since the services tend to be one size fits all and the specialists agree that they have never encountered a little boy like the Bumble Bean how useful can the services be?  Can they actually be harmful?  Can they shake his confidence that he is perfect the way he is?  Can they make him feel like there is something wrong with him?  Of course they can!

I have complete and absolute faith in the Bumble Bean.  He is an amazing little boy and he will grow into an amazing man: tall and strong, wise and kind.  It will be a journey not a destination as we have journeyed to where we are.  We will keep on.

The Guest House

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

~ Rumi ~

(The Essential Rumi, versions by Coleman Barks)