It's easy in the midst of daily life to forget that there is any problem. Between doing laundry and cleaning, packing snacks and making sure homework is done, doing crafts and playing with puzzles, and all of the million other things that go along with being a mom, sometimes it's easy to put the things you don't want to think about in the very back of your mind. But then something will happen and you will remember and you can't ignore it anymore and it hits you like a ton of bricks all over again. I'll see a friend who has a child even younger than Fox who is speaking in sentences, when he can't even say "mama". Or a mom at the playground will ask me when he is going to turn one, when he is actually closer to turning two. Or I'll bring him to music class where all the other kids his age are eagerly engaged in the activities and he keeps running for the door. Those are the times I lock myself in the bathroom for a few minutes and have a good cry. Those are the hard times, but there are so many more wonderful times, proud times, happy times, that it makes it easy to pull myself together, move on and wait for the next one of those.
xo Betsy
2 comments:
You're doing everything right Mommy. Trust me. I'm always here for a venting session :)
Man, my heart aches for you because I know just how you feel. Even though we know why Bennett is the way he is, it's still hard of course. And it's usually when I see others his age doing things so easily that I know will take him so much longer to do and some things he may never be able to do. You're right, you never think anything will be wrong with your child. Having a child with Down syndrome never crossed my mind. Ever.
I think you are going to find lots of moms and families in your situation through blogging and it's good therapy really, rather than keeping it all bottled up and to yourself.
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