Following Ezra, Tom Fields-Meyer

I read this in two sittings, the way Fields-Meyer writes about Ezra’s early diagnosis and his own shift from grief to acceptance feels so real you forget it’s a memoir. The chapter where he describes letting go of the son he imagined and embracing the one in front of him genuinely stuck with me for

This book really helped me understand what it means to truly support a child, not try to fix them. The early childhood scenes hit me especially hard, the way Tom describes choosing love over loss. I'm grateful for that perspective.

I read this in two sittings because I couldn't put it down. The chapter where Ezra starts to find his own voice really moved me, and I loved how the father's perspective evolves without being preachy.