Friendship
I was thinking last night what i would say for my 2nd Blog. As i whatapp the link to my friends to get there input if they thought this was a good idea, i realized how important friends are especially when you have a special needs child. My friend Stacey thought it was a brilliant idea and encouraged me to continue. I have felt 2 sides of this coin. I have friends that are very sensitive when it comes to Faith and then i have had friends that just cant grasp thinking before they react and by so doing not inviting her to there child's daughter's birthday because she was afraid of the dog. This unfortunately only found out much later but it hung in my brain how people can not be more sensitive to other peoples needs. Faith with her anxiety has had to overcome a lot of fears. She was scared of escalators, dogs,sleeping alone, the dark. She has nightmares every night that my husband and i might die this is what GENERAL ANXIETY DISORDER does. It makes your mind blow something so small in to something so large it feels like it may happen. Try and put your mind in this 10 yr old shoes. Throat getting dry and you feel like some thing traumatic is going happen and you cant handle it, and of course you cant you 10. That's why Mom and Dad are there. Let me give you a tip, research as much as you can on your child's special needs, get to know them how they see life, love . They see things in ways we could never imagine, they feel things deeper stronger and with more emotion then we will ever understand. So when faith gives me so many hugs every day and says Mom i love you about 50 times in a day, I smile cause as much as she is going through things i cant imagine, I also know she will grow up to be a child that is sensitive to others needs and problems cause she feels that, she experiences that and she sees that as well going to a special needs school every day and she is made aware that everyone she is with every day has a problem but they deserve still to go to that party and be treated in the the same way.Us as her parents have realized who our true friends are and who are not. The Gift she has brought us is that we have gotten to see life differently, we have had to be more sensitive and caring and understanding because of her needs and i thank God for that. it has made me a better person and see things in a brighter light than before.
So i decided each time I end my Blog I will end with a quote. Something to leave you with to think about and hoping you come back for more. Please do leave comments. I need all the feedback i can get. This is new to me and we can dialogue together .
I was thinking last night what i would say for my 2nd Blog. As i whatapp the link to my friends to get there input if they thought this was a good idea, i realized how important friends are especially when you have a special needs child. My friend Stacey thought it was a brilliant idea and encouraged me to continue. I have felt 2 sides of this coin. I have friends that are very sensitive when it comes to Faith and then i have had friends that just cant grasp thinking before they react and by so doing not inviting her to there child's daughter's birthday because she was afraid of the dog. This unfortunately only found out much later but it hung in my brain how people can not be more sensitive to other peoples needs. Faith with her anxiety has had to overcome a lot of fears. She was scared of escalators, dogs,sleeping alone, the dark. She has nightmares every night that my husband and i might die this is what GENERAL ANXIETY DISORDER does. It makes your mind blow something so small in to something so large it feels like it may happen. Try and put your mind in this 10 yr old shoes. Throat getting dry and you feel like some thing traumatic is going happen and you cant handle it, and of course you cant you 10. That's why Mom and Dad are there. Let me give you a tip, research as much as you can on your child's special needs, get to know them how they see life, love . They see things in ways we could never imagine, they feel things deeper stronger and with more emotion then we will ever understand. So when faith gives me so many hugs every day and says Mom i love you about 50 times in a day, I smile cause as much as she is going through things i cant imagine, I also know she will grow up to be a child that is sensitive to others needs and problems cause she feels that, she experiences that and she sees that as well going to a special needs school every day and she is made aware that everyone she is with every day has a problem but they deserve still to go to that party and be treated in the the same way.Us as her parents have realized who our true friends are and who are not. The Gift she has brought us is that we have gotten to see life differently, we have had to be more sensitive and caring and understanding because of her needs and i thank God for that. it has made me a better person and see things in a brighter light than before.
So i decided each time I end my Blog I will end with a quote. Something to leave you with to think about and hoping you come back for more. Please do leave comments. I need all the feedback i can get. This is new to me and we can dialogue together .
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.”
