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This post isn't geared solely to parents of special needs parents, though that may be what I usually focus on. All people from all walks of life are overworked, over rushed and overwhelmed. It's the curse of the modern age. Being a parent in this wild world is becoming more and more of a challenge, like balancing on a tightrope with a knife on your nose and fire below you. Like the fall wasn't enough to kill you. I often feel like I'm walking on the tight rope as a parent. As a person. My kid's challenges weigh on my shoulders, as do my own struggles. I have a home to care for, and a relationship to keep alive. One slip and I fall into the fires of life altering debt, single parenthood, the judges of society, and a depression so deep that I might never come out of. However, I changed things around for myself. The tightrope isn't so thin. I found out that there are things I can do to make myself take a step back and enjoy my life on tight rope. For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. – Robert Louis Stevenson There is no greater fear nor excitement that comes from relocating. There is no greater need to see what's out there, and search for something more. Something, different. Something...mysterious.
Jumping back into reality, the modern world has made it damn hard but utterly convenient to move. The only thing that really holds us back, besides the suffocating security of routine around us, is literally our own family. Our own life. Kids! And if you have any sort of special need, disability or impairment? FORGETTTTABOUTIT!!! But seriously. There is more out there, so much more. Don't let that fear hold you too tight. Don't deny your need. Don't stay unhappy in a place because of your child. I can promise, there are a million possibilities out there. A million different lives you could be leading. I'm not going to push you out the door and throw your clothes after you. I'm even going to lay off on the whole "adventure is out there" bit. What I'm just saying is, there are other places that will cater to your life's high needs and be able to satisfy your need for a landscape change. By a mom who lives it everydayIf there is one thing the internet has taught me is that parenting a child is difficult. And if there is anything that running this blog has taught me is that, parenting a special needs child is super difficult near overwhelmingly impossible. I have two of those struggles living together with me. My eldest son, Hilo, has autism. Autism is a lot to handle, and for some children, it can be debilitating. I'm on all the mom groups. I read the stories. Plenty of children with autism are disruptive in their daily lives, unable to cope with certain environments or tasks expected for their progress, some are violent or self-harming. Sadly, some have to move to group homes because of their behaviors. I have one child with something like that. Now throw in a fragile baby (well he looks like a baby but he's a year and a half) with medical conditions up the wazoo, and I have a basket full of chaos. Tons of questions pour in but one always sticks out in my mind. How do you do it? You read it right. On Both Fronts is now officially apart of Facebook! We are a page that shares posts related to a wide variety of topics concerning autism, sensory processing disorder, genetic syndromes like Down syndrome, awareness, acceptance and other amazing medical feats that might benefit special needs families and their supports. The news was after much thought and careful consideration as a viable way to reach more connected to the special needs community. Find us on Facebook by searching "On Both Fronts". Our complete name is "On Both Fronts: Special Needs Support" so that people know what we are about right away. The month of March has already been incredibly busy, and looks to continue on that course. *insert crying-over-a-cup-of-coffee emoji* Between the doctor appointments that all love to pile up on the same week, my cousin coming up for a Spring Break visit and side jobs my fiance has on the weekends, I will be losing my mind by...Yup, already happening!
But anyways, I thought I'd give an update on what we are doing in our crazy household. |
AuthorGabrielle Rae is a special needs, stay at home mommy of two boys. She enjoys reading and writing novels in her spare time. @onbothfrontsArchives
August 2018
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