Reviewer: cullengirl08 (Signed) · Date: January 03, 2021 03:32 PM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
This was a great story. And poor Kai, his parents are just awful, but thank goodness that Justin is his brother, because he reallly stepped up for him. He and Brian, who totally accepts him as another son.
Author's Response: Thank you so much for your comments! Wishing you a happy new year :)
Reviewer: Naughty_teaspoon (Signed) · Date: April 04, 2019 10:56 PM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
Ah that was lovely. Glad Kai get away from his stupidi father. And he didn't even bother to support with money Kai treatment - _-
Gonna miss this story. It felt like I was part of their family too.
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I am so happy that you enjoyed this!
Reviewer: coleamber (Signed) · Date: November 17, 2018 10:02 PM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
had to read it again. You deserved the Blue Ribbon
Author's Response: You are too kind, thank you!
Reviewer: nkaur550 (Signed) · Date: June 22, 2018 01:13 AM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
Sorry forgot to mention the banner just noticed..it is very fitting and perfect for the story..very very beautiful.
Reviewer: nkaur550 (Signed) · Date: June 22, 2018 01:08 AM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
Thank you very much for the beautiful story...by far the best written story..i would love to read it again and again and again.
Author's Response: You are so kind! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment on my story. I really appreciate all your kind words. I am so glad you enjoyed it!
Reviewer: nkaur550 (Signed) · Date: June 22, 2018 01:07 AM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
Marvelous...sweet and fun story..i loved it.
Author's Response: Thank you so much!
Reviewer: bellawu (Signed) · Date: April 23, 2018 03:56 AM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
Its a beautiful journey for justin and brian. Life is not always easy and they are fine and will be fine.
thank you for writing this. I couldnt stop reading from ch 1 till the end. I love that Kai finally found family who love him. They are so lucky to have each other.
Author's Response: Thank you so much for your kind words. I am so glad to hear that you enjoyed it!
Reviewer: eureka1 (Signed) · Date: June 28, 2015 10:51 PM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
I'm a newcomer to QAF and the fan fiction spawned by the show. Thanks for the touching and engaging rendition of how Justin and Brian's story might have developed. Well done!
Author's Response: Thank you so much!!!!!
Reviewer: Al (Anonymous) · Date: March 16, 2013 01:04 PM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
Love Love this story! Hope to see more stories about how Kai is doing.
Author's Response: Thank you, Al! I'm glad you liked this :)
Reviewer: Bigdogz09 (Signed) · Date: March 16, 2013 10:29 AM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
This was a wonderful read. I read your Spring contest entry and had to come over here and read the original Kai story. My eyes are burning because i read it straight through.
Truly, a touching and sweet fic. Loved it!
All the best,
Laura H.
Author's Response: Thank you so much, Laura! That means a lot to me :) I'm so glad you enjoyed this story. It will always hold a special place in my heart :)
Hugs,
Snow
Reviewer: Flossee (Signed) · Date: November 08, 2012 06:18 PM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
I read this some time ago before I started leaving reviews and I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed it. I love when Justin is written as a strong character that he can handle whatever life throws at him and I was so happy Brian chose to be a part of that. Choosing something like autism and its challenges which you see on a daily basis has added so much to this story. This is so well written and the blue ribbon is well deserved.
Cheers
Author's Response: Thank you so much for your kind words and review :) this story will always be held on a special place in my heart.
Reviewer: kelly (Anonymous) · Date: July 27, 2011 12:43 PM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
I rarely comment on fics but I have to say thank you. As a mother of an autisic child, who is very high functioning, this has been a very realistic look into a world that is still very quiet. There have been other fics written in other fandoms but none of them have come close to shining this kind of light on the subject. My son was 2 when he was diagnosed and I thank God that we live in New York City where the services are free. He had 4 hours of ABA everyday, which I believe every child and parent should experience, along with speech, OT, PT and special instruction. During his first evaluation he was just like Kai, non-verbal. However, thanks to the services, he quickly learned how to communicate and is very much a talker now. One of the things that I had to change my friends and family view on my son was he HAS Autism, he is NOT autisic. He is not handicapped, only that he has a diffferent view of the world. I feel blessed that he was given to me to love and am thankful everyday that I can call him my son. Autism does not define my son, only adds to his uniqiness.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart that you shared this with the world, and only hope that the readers have hopefully been changed after reading this.
Author's Response: Thank you so much, Kelly, for your kind words. This story meant a lot to me, and I am so glad that you not only enjoyed this story, but took the time to comment. I am happy to hear how well your son responded to early intervention. You're right, New York is one of the better states to live in if your child has special needs. Where I live, early intervention services is considered really good (definitely not as great as NY, but I think it's pretty close), but it's only in the county that I live in. Other counties barely offer support and most families end up getting a second mortgage on their house or giving up and thinking "this is it." A few lucky ones (i.e the ones with money) move to my county in order to obtain the free services we offer.
"he HAS Autism, he is NOT autisic. He is not handicapped, only that he has a diffferent view of the world. I feel blessed that he was given to me to love and am thankful everyday that I can call him my son. Autism does not define my son, only adds to his uniqiness. "
THANK YOU for those above lines. That is EXACTLY what I wanted this story to share.
Best wishes to you, your son, and your family.
Sincerely,
Snow
Reviewer: ColorLet23 (Signed) · Date: March 12, 2011 11:27 AM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
:o) thanks for the awesome ride. I really enjoyed this story.
Author's Response: Thank you! I am really glad that you enjoyed it :)
Reviewer: Anno53 (Anonymous) · Date: March 12, 2011 09:13 AM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
Thank you so much for writing such a wonderful, insightful story. I enjoyed it from beginning to end!
Author's Response: You are so kind, thank you!
Reviewer: DavidR (Signed) · Date: March 11, 2011 10:41 AM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
Hi,
Thanks for the story. I loved reading it. It is not easy to explain why,
but one reason is that as a reader, you wrote it in such a way that I had a sort of rooting interest in the characters. I cared.
The first victory was to get Kai away from Craig. That was huge.
Then to accept Kai as part of the Justin/Brian/Gus Family. It wasn’t
easy, but they did it.
Finally – to then get Kai the professional help and support he needed.
Good for Justin to have done that, and good for Brian who was willing
to pay for whatever it was that was needed. Sure enough, Kai
responded, another huge victory. OK, maybe he didn’t respond as
fast as Justin hoped, but still it was a huge win – he improved leaving
us with impression that this improvement will continue and continue
and continue.
Again, thanks for the story. I also hope you will find the time in the
future to give us a peek or two or three as to how they are doing.
DavidR
Author's Response: Thank you so much for your kind words and feedback. They mean a lot to me! I am glad that this story touched you and that you cared about the characters. This fic really holds a special place in my heart, and I'm hoping to come back to it in the future for snippets into their lives.
Hugs,
Snow
Reviewer: neetaskita (Signed) · Date: March 07, 2011 01:06 AM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
Thank you for such a beautiful story. Didn't want it to end.
Author's Response: Thank you! And thanks for sticking with the story through the many lapses of updates. I apprecuate it!
Hugs,
Snow
Reviewer: Jasmine (Anonymous) · Date: March 07, 2011 12:35 AM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
Thank you!! What a beautiful ending for a well written well researched story, the only other thing I have to say is that I'll miss this story and the talented writer who brought it to us! For the love of snow!
Author's Response: You are so sweet! Thank you, really. I truly appreciated all of the comments and feedback. This story was really close to my heart. I am also sad to see it end... perhaps I'll add a little chapter here and there showing glimpses into their future... we'll see, I guess :)
Thank you again!
Hugs,
Snow
Reviewer: Lynn (Anonymous) · Date: March 06, 2011 10:20 PM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
Great ehding! :)
Author's Response: Thank you so much, Lynn :)
Hugs,
Snow
Reviewer: BluvsJ (Anonymous) · Date: March 06, 2011 09:00 PM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
I loved it.... this is sooo much better than before...lol... it's amazing to me that a little boy like Gus....can have more patience and understanding for Kai.... than those two "Psycho Bitches" Mel and Linds.... maybe sometime down the road you could write a.. One Shot ..sequel... to show how Kai has improved over time...... just a thought...lol.... Thanks......
Author's Response: I've definitely been considering it. Maybe in a few months I might come back to this.
Thank you again for all your comments. They meant a lot.
Hugs,
Snow
Reviewer: Marny (Signed) · Date: March 06, 2011 05:31 PM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
Thanks for re-writing the chapter. I was a bit disappointed when I saw the short chapter. This is so much better, love this one. I hope you write a a sequel in the near future * cross fingers *
* hugs *
Author's Response: Thanks, Marny. I'm glad I was able to re-write it. I'm happier with this ending as well. I might do a sequel or just add little chapters every few months into this already completed fic to show glimpses into the future. Not sure....
Hugs,
Snow
Reviewer: sophie's mom (Anonymous) · Date: March 06, 2011 01:33 PM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
thanks for this much better ending.
Author's Response: LOL I'm glad you liked it.
Hugs,
Snow
Reviewer: Gina Marie (Signed) · Date: March 06, 2011 11:08 AM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
So glad you redid this last chapter! This story was so good, it deserved this kind of ending. Just wonderful. I enjoyed this story very much. Thank you for posting it, and for all your hard work!
Author's Response: Thank you so much, Gina Marie! I'm glad you felt that way. Again, thanks :)
Hugs,
Snow
Reviewer: TECH SUPPORT (Signed) · Date: March 06, 2011 09:43 AM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
I had a chance to read the original final chapter.
It wasn't fate you lost the writing you perhaps composed online and then previewed it. The submit button from Preview doesn't save the work.
In the How to Add a New Story link on the home page we advise writers not to submit from a preview page but to use the left green arrow in your URL toolbar to go back to the work in the tinyMCE editor and submit it there. Or better yet; add the new chapter to your story to insure it's saved and edit it online on the fly.
It's a glitch in the tinyMCE editor that Preview won't submit or save the work. Best to submit a chapter and do corrections once it is posted and online to be certain the work is saved.
I'm sure many readers will be very happy you revised your final chapter. This story has a lot of fans and many were upset how you ended it. Readers get emotionally attached to characters especially in a story like this one.
Also you put us in a spot since Blue Ribbon/Featured Status is mainly awarded for a completed story or one that will be completed including well written, etc.
For future reference, never trust Preview to save your work. Always submit the work to the story and revise it online.
I took the liberty of announcing in your story panel the newest chapter is revised.
-Tech Support
Author's Response: Thanks for letting me know. I hadn't realized there was that glitch. For now on I'll click Add Story and edit from there. I'm glad I had the opportunity to change the chapter. I wasn't happy with how I ended it either, and I think this has a much better closure to it.
I'm considering adding a chapter or two in the future, maybe every 6 months or so, to share a glimpse into their lives. Not sure yet!
Thanks again,
Snow
Reviewer: BluvsJ (Anonymous) · Date: March 06, 2011 06:06 AM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
WOW..... I realize that Kai's condition is a lifelong event and it would be impossible to for you to dot every i and cross every t.... but...I expected a little more than reading a summary of events....lol... Thanks...
Author's Response: LOl I know, I'm sorry. I hate my computer. Again, I'm sorry. Thanks for taking light of it and not throwing anything at me!!! LOL
Reviewer: bksbracelet (Signed) · Date: March 06, 2011 05:50 AM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
I really enjoyed this story It gave me a small insight into the difficulties of parenting of children with special needs. I loved the way Brian just went with calmness when Justin was stressed. This is the way most parents handle child rearing when it is too much for one the other one picks up the slack.
I am saddened at the abrupt end but I understand why and your explaination. I thought it made sense "that's life" statement after all Kai is not going to suddenly change his milestone goals. I also liked the commentary that money talks and folk who can pay are privialaged with access to private services and those children may reach goals quicker.
Author's Response: Thank you. It's sad but true on many levels: money does talk. It's amazing how much can get done and how quickly you can get things done when you are able to pay out of your own pocket.
I'm glad that this story gave you the insight and perspective that I was trying to show. I wish I would have been able to continue, and I'm sad that I had to end it the way it is... but, yes, that's life.
Thank you again. I appreciate all your comments :)
Reviewer: Rickeshay (Signed) · Date: March 06, 2011 05:00 AM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
While this may have not been the way everyone wanted the story to end, it certainly was a better ending than to just stop posting as so many people do.
I don't even want to think about how many wonderful stories(both QAF and Harry Potter) I've started that were abandoned with no ending what so ever. Better to take the time to tell us where it was going to go than to just abandon it.(vbg)
Author's Response: Thank you so much for understanding, Rikeshay! I really appreciate it :)
Hugs,
Snow
Reviewer: Cheryl (Anonymous) · Date: March 06, 2011 02:40 AM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
This is a wonderful story. I, too, would have loved to read more, but I know about OLD computers. Hopefully, we'll see another new story before too long.
Author's Response: Thanks for understanding, Cheryl. I hope to buy a new computer soon... hopefully soon!! This one is driving me nuts. Thanks again :)
Reviewer: Q_A_F_fanfic_addict (Signed) · Date: March 06, 2011 12:18 AM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
I hope you male a sequel! :D
Author's Response: Now that someone just introduced me to Google Doc, I might!
Thanks for understanding :)
Reviewer: sophie's mom (Anonymous) · Date: March 05, 2011 10:37 PM · On: FINAL CHAPTER (improved)
i hate to tell you this, but it was a really shabby way to end this story. after all the time and effort you put into this and all the time we the readers invested in reading it we deserved something better than you just telling us what happened.
i understand why you did it because of the chapter you lost, but if you took the time to just tell us, then you could have given us some dialogue. be angry and or upset because of computer problems, but please don't take it out on us readers who follow you stories.
Author's Response: I'm sorry. I feel lousy ending it the way I did, but my computer is old and it freezes often. Writing a dialogue, again, would've probably made my computer freeze, again in mid-thought. I couldn't deal with the thought of that.
A fellow fan fic writer just introduced me to Google Doc, so I am considering returning to the fic to actually COMPLETE it... but now that I wrote the basic ending... not sure if there is a point. LOL
Again, I'm sorry if you felt I was taking it out of the readers. That wasn't my attention, I just didn't want to leave it as WIP for so long. That seemed worse than writing a synopsis of the ending.
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