Today's inspiration....
LOVE, LOVE, LOVe this.
Especially this part:
I've walked through campus as the parents of girls Sarah's age turn away from me, avoiding my eyes as I avoid theirs. I've heard from her classmates about the birthday parties she is never invited to, the mother daughter book clubs they attend, the soccer teams, dance classes, swim team, and so on.
I'm done. Selfishly, I can't tolerate it anymore. I want out of the world of “, “my kids are grand and let me tell you about them”, and “my child is advanced and needs to be challenged” ways of thinking. I want to be around other parents of children who don't fit, not the parents of neurotypicals or high achievers, but the families who are nurturing the quirky kids. The parents who are utterly exhausted like me. The parents who will go to any length, spend all their money and emotional effort, trying, hoping, PRAYING PRAYING PRAYING for some small sign of forward movement, an indication that their child will be OK.
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