Win a Heart of An Angel Necklace from The Puzzling Piece!

Today is the day for love. Lord knows, everything we do is about our love for our kids and our committment to helping them. 

Are you eating some special candy today?  Making a favoritedinner or dessert? Got a date with your significant other? Doing laundry and preparing GF foods for the kids? (Raises hand.) 

Thank you to Melissa at The Puzzling Piece for offering us a beautiful heart necklace for a lucky AofA reader.  Leave a comment to enter the contest.   Good luck and Happy Valentines Day, friends. 

Comments

[Lin]

GORGEOUS!! Love, love, LOVE it!! I would be a very proud wearer if I am fortunate enough to win!! Thanks for the chance!

[Debra DeWitt]

Our Valentine's Day was spent fighting with school district and insurance companies for my autistic son. (we've had a really bad week) I'd love to give a necklace like this to my autistic daughter. She is so loving to her brother and there are times where I feel she is neglected. I did manage to make some heart shaped pancakes this morning, a day late. She told me she made me a card, but I was so busy...

[Ashley Wagner]

My big boy is 6 1/2 and is an awesome little boy! He always has us laughing! He has came a long long way.. He is now in a mainstream classroom and will be starting baseball in 5 weeks!!! I am so proud of him and I'm impressed daily with his accomplishments! He is my little angel and this would be perfect!!! <3

[Diana]

My daughter is my hero....she motivates and inspires me every day with her beauty, her sense of humor, her kind,wild heart....she's smart and on the spectrum....she amazes me everyday....:)...

[oneVoice]

There are so many hard working Mothers and Grandmas who deserve a lovely necklace like this.Do not pick me,I just love the rounded,soft,angel like artwork.The two wings could represent love and patience to raise our precious children.

[Illenys]

Yesterday my daughter with autism helped me prepare cakepops. these are the best times I have to interact with her. I LOVE MY ANGEL

[Florencia James]

Wishing each of you much love today and every day of the year! What an AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL necklace. Love it's message! <3

[Jena B.]

My sister in law is truly a special needs teacher with angel wings. She is the most caring and loving person I have ever met. When she shares stories wth me of her classroom children, it always bring tears to my eyes. I know that each of the children is always working toward their personal best because of her.

[Michelle Heath]

My autistic son just turned 17 yesterday and though he wouldn't really like something like this, I know his sister would. And so would his grandmother, which whom I would never have had the info or the ability to raise him.

[Tami]

I have someone in mind for this piece- someone I always referred to as an autism angel- and she even plays the harp!

The special person has been a long time advocate, and unsung hero. She's a caring person who is a saviour for families in her very rural WA state community that I met on an outreach trip. Her undying concern for our kids has won her a place in many people's hearts.

What a beautiful piece of art.

[Claire]

That would make a lovely gift for my son's teacher who he will be leaving. She really gave it her all, but his behavior just proved to difficult for the program he is in. I hope to find another teacher in a more Autism friendly class who has the heart of an angel!

[Tobi Drabczyk]

My 7 year old daughter helped me make peanut butter cookies for Daddy. She was really excited about pushing the fork crisscross marks into the dough. She had taught our family so much about unconditional love and pure joy, all without being verbal. Happy Day to everyone.

[Fabienne]

My 9 year old affected by autism has the Heart of an Angel and I will go to the end of this earth doing everything for him that I can. Our love gives me the power to do so! These Angel Wings would give anyone a beautiful reminder that the love for our angels will one day give them the wings to fly out into the world and share their beautiful spirits with anyone lucky to be on their path of life. Thank you Puzzling Piece for creating such beautiful jewelry.

[Daniella Murphy]

Beautiful necklace!

[Lori Orrico]

I usually cringe at any Hallmark holidays because (as we all know so well) our family is NOT Hallmark's demographic! This year, thanks to my 8 year old finally being in an appropriate placement & receiving the supports he so desperately needs, I decided to embrace Valentine's Day. My son and I hand dipped strawberries in chocolate (gf/cf of course) and on the computer, made cards for his class (all 3 of the other students & the 5 staff members - gotta love that!) Sure I'll be cleaning the dried splatters of chocolate off of the sides of every appliance in my kitchen for weeks. Sure the cards don't have witty sayings or adorable kitten pictures on them. I embrace that MY son did it! He followed directions, allowed me to help when he needed help and took such pride in the end result. THAT IS LOVE FOLKS! xo

[Eileen Casey]

Absolutely beautiful :)

[Susie]

All of my kids made me Valentines today! My second oldest (who acts like the oldest because the oldest is on the spectrum) helped the two younger ones make me Valentines. They had them all made when I got up this morning! (We're homeschoolers so I have that luxury occasionally!) They are so sweet and I feel so blessed to have them. Happy Valentine's Day to all of you!

[Crystal]

My son is my angel

[katie kelley]

This is beautiful...I hope you pick me!

[Christine Thompson]

I would like to suggest Lyn Redwood or Anne Dachel for this lovely piece. I'll always remember Lyn and all of the other families featured in David Kirby's exceptional tome. What inner fortitude it takes to represent all of our families laid bare in the devastation of her own. I remember being hunkered down in Borders Books weeping about her experience as if it were my own. And it was. Unlike my son, my daughter would be worse off today if I hadn't found her story in those agonizing pages. The fact that she remains one of "our voices" in IACC has left me a bit more sane as I face each and every day.

And Anne? I felt like such a spoiled brat when your media updates went off line due to a death in your family. I truly felt a bit panicked. Your daily updates are the armor I wear over my own heart when facing doubters in my community and my own family. Yet you were right back at it and I am internally grateful.

Broken heart says it best. This lovely pendant reminds me of all of the broken hearts all of you must endure as we support and rage at you, especially in the last week or so. That you continue proves how strong your love is for your own and for us all.

Much love to you all for providing a Valentine's Day to my family each and every day.

[Carolyn S.]

Had the privilege of writing valentine's for my twin's thankfully small class. One good note, this year my daughter's principal sent home a letter stating they would not allow outside food for V day as there are many children with allergies and there is a problem with childhood obesity so they didn't want excess treats being sent in. Mind you, they are going to have treats supplied by the PTA. I just was glad that she acknowledged the problem of school treats overall and mentioned that they wanted the focus to be on friendship not food.

[EnjoyHi5Autism]

LOVEly necklace from Melissa! ''Age of Autism', Puzzling Pieces' and all autistics, have a Hi5! happy Valentine's Day!