Okay, anything is bringing me to tears this week but a friend linked to this on Facebook and I thought it was pretty wonderful:
http://connectusonline.org/blog/2011/02/who-are-you/
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02-03-2011 #1
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I'm not the mother I thought I'd be, but that's okay...
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That is so true. Thank you for sharing.
EricaDD 1/05
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Since one just does not simply walk into Mordor, I say we form a conga line and dance our way in.
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Thanks OP. I can so relate!
Kelli
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Thanks for posting this. I really like the line about changing from the mothers we thought we would be to the mothers we have to be. What my child needs from me is completely different than what I expected and I had to change my idea of mothering as a result.
Gena
DS, age 11 and always amazing
“Autistics are the ultimate square pegs, and the problem with pounding a square peg into a round hole is not that the hammering is hard work. It's that you're destroying the peg." - Paul Collins, Not Even Wrong
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02-03-2011 #5
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Thanks -- I enjoyed this read. I needed to read it.
/hillaryDS #1 Summer 05
DS #2 Summer 07
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