Terrific write. I can relate as I see and hear the same emotion from our autistic adult son. He so desires many basic parts of life that most of us take for granted but are denied him. He'll never be able to live alone or take care of himself. Never to drive an automobile. Never for many things. But...the 'one' thing he wants the most is to have someone to love, someone to love him. Our home's location isn't conducive for socializing. We're isolated in the mountains. There are no clubs or organizations of which he might join. So he basically spends much of his time with our farm animals. He did work part time (one day per week for 3 hours) bagging groceries at our county's only store. His mother worked there too so he had family near by for security and support. He loved it. Was doing fine. But folks with autism sometimes only recognize things in black and white. No grey areas. No nuance. So, when girls or women were nice to him, spoke with him, he became overwhelmed with affection for them. When they didn't return that same emotion in kind, it jolted his grasp on reality. So much so that he tried to take his life. He survived but never went back to his job. It's been 2 years and he's still not ready to make a go of it out in public. So I know your tale very well. For far too many, life isn't fair.....Back to your writing, it is very good. Great wit, I especially like when you write, that you convey that less is more. There is great flow among the pictures you paint with your words. I've always maintained that it is hard to read another's writes, but not with SURVIVOR. Very succinct. I have a few writes on this website under my name hedistuff, but nothing in recent years. I met my wife here, eleven years married now.

Good on you mate....