Lisa from "Welcome to Elijahland" just posted a letter she wrote to her younger self. And it says basically all the I've been feeling about our journey with CP lately. Go check it out. What would a letter to your younger self say?
I enjoyed reading that - I have only just been noticing how I feel so much more calm. I can't say I am all the way down the road to acceptance but I have certainly gone a long way.
Funny because I think my own letter would read: "you're going to be just fine." I spent so much time worrying about how this would effect ME, and really, I'm still me. Maybe the accessories are different, but me? Still here and not sad or bitter or whatever else I was afraid of.
Motherhood is about raising and celebrating the child you have, not the child you thought you would have. It's about understanding that he is exactly the person he is supposed to be. And that, if you're lucky, he just might be the teacher who turns you into the person you are supposed to be. ~The Water Giver
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading that - I have only just been noticing how I feel so much more calm. I can't say I am all the way down the road to acceptance but I have certainly gone a long way.
ReplyDeleteFunny because I think my own letter would read: "you're going to be just fine." I spent so much time worrying about how this would effect ME, and really, I'm still me. Maybe the accessories are different, but me? Still here and not sad or bitter or whatever else I was afraid of.
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