An Answer to Prayer for My Son's Sensory Processing Disorder

From an email to my son's teachers: This is kind of personal and spiritual but since my whole essential oil journey has been a spiritual one, I'm not going to hold back. This weekend, as part of my religious monthly fast, I fasted and prayed that I would be able to find answers for how to help my autistic son with his self-injury that has been going on for about three years. He hits his head and kicks his legs really hard against each other and is only calmed by vibration, riding in the car, or being in the water. Since I *always* fast about this issue, this time I decided to put the focus less on myself ("why can't I find a solution!") and more on my son ("please help me know how to help him relieve his pain.") So last night he was sitting at the table eating dinner, and his legs were on my lap and he just kept kicking them and couldn't hold them still. The idea popped into my head to try an essential oil blend on him, and since the skin on his legs was looking really dry, I thought, why not massage the oil into his legs? So that is what I did, and kept massaging his legs for a while, and he got so calm! His legs were still, and the sweetest smile crept onto his face! It was one of those "instant" essential oil responses that I'd heard about in classes but hadn't seen yet with Sam. (Note that I have already tried a few other blends but hadn't noticed anything.) Then he jumped out of his chair, went to his room and laid down and kept the same smile on his face. Daddy and his sister went and read to him and he was calm and happy for an extra long time. This morning when he was agitated I wanted to try it again but didn't have time to massage his legs much, and didn't see much of a reaction. But this afternoon when he was kicking again, I sat him in a chair and massaged the oil into his legs again, and also did some joint compressions, and got the same reaction as I did last night. A truly angelic smile slowly crept onto his face and stayed there. I want to give credit to his occupational therapist who did some massage on him last time she was here, and I want to ask her to train me. I have massaged his legs before, and I know that it was the combination of that plus the essential oil blend that was getting into his system through scent as well as through his skin. I am so grateful that I was given the idea of something I could do to relieve my son's pain.