It has been awhile, not due to informing the world of the current events of my children, but due to the continue efforts of both of them to help themselves.
My son, now 17 has been going to a wonderful school that has given him freedom of expression and the ability to get to know children of all races and ages. They accept each other for who they are, not what they have or others have. He is in a class for socialization and loves it. This gives him the ability to change the problem and look at people in a different way. Many of us do not get the opportunity to really have this chance to accept people for whom they are, he does, and he sees how they view him.
My daughter has overcome many obstacles and now is a senior in college. To everyone’s surprise she is pursuing a degree in psychology and criminal justice, She wants to work with people that have disabilities like herself. Wow revelation. She is even investigating her masters degree, This is remarkable to me as her childhood therapist once talked to my husband and I to discuss my daughter never getting past high school and accepting this fact. Honestly, I never accepted that fact. My daughter and son can achieve anything they work to achieve. This includes the same education every other child pursues, When my daughter walks down that isle in graduation all I am going to think of is that day when I left the therapists office with my husband and I said ” My daughter will go to college and graduate”, you are wrong. I’m not thinking this way maliciously, but as a proud Mom who had courage and confidence in her children, These children can persevere and it’s the hard work, we as families achieve.
So with that I’ll close with the words that I live by, all children have a capability to overcome any obstacle, especially theirs.