“In the middle of your grief or theirs it can look to you like someone isn’t grieving enough, or someone is too involved with grief.
But this is the time to take a step back.”
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Year: 2019
Dear Insurance Company~ A Letter From A Special Needs Family
“I know we are not your ideal of a customer. You would rather not have us enrolled on your rolls.
Yours is a business that is for-profit. You want to make money. But despite our paying you hundreds of dollars every year, and then paying thousands of dollars out of pocket every year, our family puts you in the red every year.”
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Planning For A Special Needs Future
“Just a piece of paper. It shouldn’t knock my anxiety levels out of the park. And yet it does.”
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Keeping The Faith In the Face Of Seemingly Unanswered Prayers
“I used to pray as a child that my Grandmother would find her way back to church. But years came and went. For 60 years she kept away. For years my mother prayed that she would make her way back.” Read more. . .
Family, Friends, and Special Needs Children
“Be it because of health concerns, behavior issues or something else, our lives are different.
And that’s okay.”
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Kneeling to pray
“A few nights ago as we knelt to say our family evening prayers, I started the prayer. I thanked God for all that we had. There was so much to be grateful for. God has answered a lot of our prayers of late and we are so grateful.”
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Is It Exhaustion?
“Some days we can rejoice at the step forward our child has made. And we do. But some days we have to give ourselves grace, realizing that what we are doing is HARD. And right now, I just want to avoid anymore hard. I need hard not to exist for a while. And I think that is where the ignoring, the procrastination, the indifference to it all is coming from. I’m human. This is my life. And it’s hard.” Read more. . .
And I Find Myself At Loose Ends
“Maybe it’s just the process of pulling up roots and being replanted. But I find myself listless and trying to find meaning in what I am doing every day.” Read more. . .
Diploma or Non-Diploma for Kids With Special Needs?
“Here in Mississippi, if your child is in the resource room they will not be receiving a diploma upon graduation. I have a problem with this.” Read more. . .
It Takes Love
“What you don’t know is no sooner than we got here, still living in a hotel, having started the process of buying our house, my husband received notification that he was being considered for a different job. It was his dream job. The one he had been applying to for years. The one that makes him drool at the thought of getting to do that work.” Read more. . .
