For the last few days, I have been looking around at different articles about parenting and disability. What bothers me the most about these articles is that it seems that when the children reach the designated milestones (i.e. crawling or sitting up), the disabled parents feel weird about it. When I watch my son grow and do things like sit up on his own, I am proud of him. I realize I did not do things like other children because of my Cerebral Palsy but, I could never be jealous of him because he is doing those things and I did them later on in life.
People see some of his accomplishments as a negative thing for me. They think it is going to make my job as his mom harder. This is the farthest thing in my mind. I knew when I was pregnant that I would have obstacles to face, that is not a newsflash to me. I don’t get upset every time he figures something out. It is just an opportunity for me to rise to another challenge.
What obstacles have you faced head on in your life?
Thanks for reading…
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