I am the mother of a 13 year old boy, Alex, with Down Syndrome. Raising a child with special needs is both challenging and rewarding, but unless you have experienced it first hand, it is hard to fathom the minute by minute, hour by hour and day by day situations that arise. Some of the stories I have shared with people have brought tears of laughter as well as sorrow, so I decided to share parts of my journey, maybe to enlighten, maybe as a little bit of self therapy. Hope you enjoy!
Monday, September 14, 2009
The girls bus comes first, Alex's bus about 30 minutes later, so he has a little time to play before he leaves. This morning he decided to take Bella's battery operated car for a spin around the driveway and up to the cul-de-sac. He was doing all these crazy moves in the car, and going forward , reverse, parking it, then yelling for me to watch carefully. Like I would look away for a second! When he saw his bus coming up the street, he pulled back in to the driveway and asked me where he should park it, so I told him back in the garage. He did then came up to me and said, "So mom, did I pass?" Pass what?? "Do I get my drivers license? Did I pass the driving test?" I told him he had a lot more practicing to do, and he told me to make him a pretend licence while he was at school because he is sure he will pass the test when he gets home. And you know he won't forget about it, so I better get busy...
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