Ever have a realization smack you in the face? In my case, I sat up straight, my eyes began to lose their focus, my heart began to pump a little faster, my stomach started to twist, and I felt distant but completely clear and present at the same time. “You got tired of me canceling, and I got tired of making excuses.” That was the line written by Tracey Higgins that did it. This moment of clarity as to why
“I would say he’s begun to do that in the last six months,” I said to the doctor in response to her developmental probe into my son. “Isn’t progress wonderful?” The question was innocent enough, and for once, I was able to digest it without frustration or sadness. “It really is,” I replied with a smile and actually meant it. The thing about progress, for me personally, is that my son had a regression of skills just after his second
There is a saying, “careful what you wish for because you just might get it.” This idea is that we should be more thoughtful of what we truly want because it might not be what we need. Innocent comments replay over and over in my head that I made as my son was a baby. Those comments feel ignorant now. Comments such as: I’m not in any hurry for him to sit up. I’m not in any hurry for him
