What are you facing lately with your special needs son/daughter that makes you feel discouraged? My adult daughter has not been responding positively to distant learning. She refuses to take the pencil and draw or look at the screen and follow instructions from her instructor who is kind and patient. The instructor suggests that I hold her hand, although that does not help.
She loves when I read to her, but I prefer to have her participate in reading to improve her memory and her comprehension. Regardless of what we face, you and I should not be hard on ourselves because we have difficult tasks before us.
I commend you for being a mother of a special needs son or daughter. I know how you feel, for I am also a special needs mother. You may be weary from caring for your children. If you are like me, you cry sometimes, knowing that God has guided you and kept you through those difficult years. Maybe your son or daughter had medical problems requiring multiple surgeries, but God was with you during those tough times when you were not sure whether your son/daughter would make it. He/she made it by the grace of God.
You are an exceptional mother because God chose you to care for your son/daughter; He knew you would have the patience and the deep love that only a special mother can have. When your special needs son/daughter laughs, you laugh, because you love and cherish him/her regardless of your child’s disability. If your child cannot speak, you look into your child’s eyes and you know what he/she is thinking, and you hug your child and give your child the love that only you can give.
I join you in thanking God for loving and carrying you through challenging times, and for giving you wisdom to model and learn from Him: patience, sacrifice, and the gift of love. God is dear to your heart; He has heard your cries and has given you peace, comfort, courage, and strength, as you look beyond this earthly realm to the heavenly realm where you receive impartation to live above your expectation. Happy Mother’s Day to a Special Mother.
Joan M. Blake (Author)