What makes you happy?

I've often written about one of the beautiful aspects of autism - you know when Robbie is happy. His smile beams from ear to ear. You also know when he is angry. He grunts, yells, and now sometimes will tell you, "I'm angry!"
 Robbie is enamoured with "officers" as he calls them. Anyone in uniform, but especially police officers. He likes to talk about the officers putting the bad guys in jail.  Sometimes he mentions he is going to put Timmy in jail as well- usually a sentence that Timmy, in the middle of the terrible 3's, has earned. While at lunch yesterday- 2 police officers who know my husband from working at Lenape high school events came into the same eatery.  Rob said hello to them and made a bit of small talk. Robbie had his back to them but you could tell by his expression- he was feeling excited. He glanced at them a few times and shyly turned away. This was a celebrity sighting after all!!As we were finishing our meal my husband had a brilliant idea. He quietly explained Robbie is on the autism spectrum and has a genuine love of police to the officers and asked if they would mind taking a picture with Robbie. They happily agreed and honestly made our boys weekend! This picture speaks a thousand words as they say- even if Robbie doesn't always have quite that many in his vocabulary. I am so happy to be able to post a happy story- especially these days with all the unrest across the country. We want to say Thank you to the officers for all they do to keep us safe and how they put a big bright smile on Robbie's face, and mine :)