It still baffles me that we live in a world where disabled parents are so frowned upon! In fact, my husband and I were told BY A DOCTOR, no less, that it was selfish of us to become parents. Why, you ask? This particular MD crossed the line from offering medical advice to offering their very unsolicited opinion.
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I can’t remember the number of times that someone has heard that I’m a stay at home mother and responded with something like, “Oh that’s wonderful! I didn’t have the luxury of staying home when I was working.” First off, there are definitely benefits of getting to stay home with my child. I see all of the beautiful moments and get to watch her grow and develop first hand. It’s the best!
As I contemplated titles to appropriately name this piece, my original thought was "111 Reasons Why I Used to Hate My Life, Paired with the 111 Silver Linings that Made Me Reevaluate". Needless to say, this would no doubt have been a mouthful guaranteed to scare away potential readers. Therefore, I shortened the title to the present and simply sweet, "111 Silver Linings".
Some of you already know that this past month has brought both light and anxiety to our lives. For while our twenty-year search for a helpful diagnosis has finally come to an end, we also now know just what we are in for and it's a bit scary!
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