Support for Special Needs

I follow a friend of mine on facebook and blogs very closely, to say the least, my friend inspires me. She has a preemie little girl that she allows the world to follow their ups and downs, sad moments and the successful times. I pray for Amanda and little CA, but not that these things be taken away, because for whatever reason this wonderful family is supposed to go through these trials in life. But instead I pray for strength for Amanda that while her husband is away serving in the Navy and going to medical school, she can do what her children need her to do for them, that she can be strong and supportive no matter what CA and her body decide to do. Not only that but Amanda and her writing made me all the more positive of the decision I made to go into working with children that have special and specific needs. I may not be doing that now in my life but that does not my mean my dreams are over and I will forever work as grade school teacher. This is just the beginning of the rest of my life. 

Moving on, Amanda re-posted an article written by a father with a daughter with a certain condition that I am not sure what it is. But of course as Amanda felt it was very well written it must be worth my time to read, and it was. Here is the link if you want to read the whole story. Support for Special Needs I took a little piece of what he says in the end because of how I found it the best part of the story.

"But as the character in the movie reminds us, life is a tapestry, built from moments, some awful and some sublime, but all of them unique and the best of them genuine. As Schuyler’s father, the best times I have are the ones in which I can live in those moments. And then let them go."

I forget about the small moments that make up our lives. I forget to take the time to stop and think about everything that is making me who I am. Sometimes I wish I could erase that hard times from my life and forget about them, but then I would not have had the learning experience from those times and there would be blank spots on my tapestry. Everything that I have gone through and that I have done is all being added to my grand picture that someday will be complete after I have lived the life I was supposed to have lived. I need to remember to live in the moments of here and now without always wishing for the future to come, because it never will. Learn from the past, do not worry about the future, but live in the present, because it is just that, a present from our Heavenly Father of being here at this time fulfilling the grand plan.