Tyson's Run (2022)

This is 100% a candy coated feel good movie, and I wouldn't really go so far as to recommend it. So why talk about it at all, and on the anniversary of 9/11 to boot? Well, this is also the anniversary of our son finishing his last chemotherapy. We were just remembering that day with the woman who we hired to help us manage all the hospital stays and medical appointments and staying with him in school, thew woman who made it possible for us to work, and allowed our son to be with someone who was young, upbeat and practical rather than his extremely stressed parent. Her daughter was getting married, and we were lucky enough to be invited, and this day in history is forever marked for us by our shared experience in the hospital. The first tower of the World Trade Center collapsing happened just as we were about to hand off the baton to her, and it is a seared memory for us that involves not just terrorism but cancer. So why this movie? It is a Hallmark story about a boy with autism who has trouble with the social landscape but has great strengths as well, and in order to find them, he needs acceptance and support. We have been very fortunate to have had that and this move reminds me that it is important today and everyday to spread that message, even in this sugar coated way.