I furnish a trail of breadcrumbs, teardrops on pavement, as we leave the psychologist’s office.

“Your son has autism.”

Your tiny hand finds mine as we walk, my mind somersaulting over what our life will look like now.

“Mum, can I get a milkshake?”

Nothing changed.

Everything changed.

Belinda Saville is a Sydney-based jeweller who started writing to help her teenage daughter with high school English and find the joy therein. She is infatuated with the inherent beauty of gemstones, and of the written word.