Since my son was born (premature and with special needs) , I have kind of been on a fighting spree. I fight with the world constantly to give him a normal life and also to protect him from harm, because I strongly feel it’s my responsibility and believe that God chose me to be a mother to a child with special needs because She believed he would be safe in my hands. Many don’t really understand me for being like this, but honestly now I’ve stopped explaining myself because I’v

Today, unusually for a Sunday I woke up at 6 and then went to the living room so as to not disturb my husband and son who were sound asleep. I grabbed a cup of hot tea, played hushed music and checked my phone. I’m an early sleeper so I usually see all my messages sent overnight, the next morning. Two messages stood out in particular. One was from an old school friend and one from a dear friend here in the US. The school friend suspected his child was missing milestones with

Parenting is a difficult journey in itself and special needs parenting is definitely a bigger challenge. We decided to become parents just like any other couple and had thought of learning on the job with trials and errors. This is what every parent does. But we were in for a surprise. It's like buying a ticket to Frankfurt in Germany, but you tell me to get down at Paris in France! It's a much more beautiful city, but just that It's not where I had decided to go. I wasn't pr