Life lesson | Lessons from my daughter

I firmly believe in naming a person before stating a diagnosis or other identifier. Emily is Emily! She has Cri du chat syndrome but she’s not a Cri du chat syndrome kid or a special need kid… She a young lady with special needs, the same goes for me, I am not a special need mom. I am a mom, the mom of a daughter who has special needs… Does that make sense?

Lessons from my daughter

I am a mom!

I am the mom of an amazing daughter who has special needs but I am not a special needs mom!

My needs are not specials.

What I want for my daughter is what you want for your kids.

I want her to learn and grow

I want her to reach her full potential

I want her to be happy and a little silly

I want her to have friends and be part of a team

I want her to fall in love

I want her to contribute to society

I want her to mater

I want the world to see her the way I see her

What I want for my daughter is not special at all.

I am not a special needs mom!

I am a mom!

What is special is what I had to and still have to do to get Emily anywhere near…

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Hi Everyone.
Patty in one of my Facebook group is looking for some help on a project She is working on and I told her I would try and find her some parents who could be interested in contributing to her project!

Her project looks at how us awesome parents of special kids lives our very full lives, and she wants to look at it from a global perspective, to see what things we all have in common.

Message from Patty:

I want to interview Moms or Dads who live somewhere other than the US, who are doing this job of raising special kids and families. But I am stuck and do not know where to start looking for parents like us who live in Africa, Ireland, Italy, Australia, England, Canada, Mexico, etc.

Does anyone have any ideas for me or leads I can follow up on with my interview questions?? Or could I possibly interview any of you who live in other countries? It is not a very lengthy set of questions, and I would very much appreciate any help from the community. I am going to ask, also, on all of the special needs groups I am part of. But any ideas or leads are welcome ! Thanks All – Any other countries are great for my project

I’ve told her that I would be happy to provide her with a Canadian perspective and would reach out to my readers in various group to see if wean get her what she needs.

Parenting outside the lines is Patty’s Facebook page

And her website is: Parenting outside the lines

If you would like her email, please leave me a comment and I will put you in contact!

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