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By: 7 Quick Takes, the (mostly) link-a-doo version « So much to say, so little time

Fri, 14 May 2010 11:38:11 +0000

[...] Last night, I read this short blog entry from 5 Minutes for Special Needs. This was me last Mother’s Day, while Julianna was in the PICU. Except I was feeling a lot [...]

By: Kathleen@so much to say, so little time

Kathleen@so much to say, so little time — Fri, 14 May 2010 02:39:48 +0000

Oh, this just tugged at my heart tonight. Last year, it was me sitting by a PICU crib on Mother’s Day, with a child struggling to breathe from pneumonia complicated by multiple intubations, yada yada…you’ve done more than I have, you know the routine. Your post spoke to my heart tonight.

By: Stacey Harris

Stacey Harris — Thu, 13 May 2010 21:43:15 +0000

wonderful post, emotional and yet positive!

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:12:52 +0000

I suspect that, as parents of children with special needs, we have been given the gift of empathy to see that for all mothers heartache comes with the joys.

I, too, felt compelled on Mother’s Day to remember all those who were struggling that day, that things were not just happy and fun.

I got breakfast in bed and cards and flowers, but one of my children at 8 years old can not say, “happy mother’s day”. I thought of those who long to be moms but cannot due to infertility; moms who have said goodbye to a child or who are struggling at a bedside; parents waiting for an adoption to go through.

I attached my own article about this but wanted to comment here because it was nice to see that others out there know what I know: motherhood is a wonderful, complicated gift that is heartbreaking and gratifying all at the same time.

Happy Mother’s Life!

By: Mandy Hornbuckle

Mandy Hornbuckle — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:14:28 +0000

Beautiful post, Janis.

By: mindy

mindy — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:35:55 +0000

absolutely beautiful.

thank you.