Here's to a Better Tomorrow!

Some people recently have told me that they admire me or I inspire them.  I am not quite sure why.

Some people ask me how I do what I do each day. 

I am not sure how to respond sometimes.  I am a mom, no different than any other mom.  I live for my sons.  I try to give them unconditional love each day.  I do my best to encourage and lift them up when they are down and I cheer them on when they are up.

No secret that my youngest son has Angelman Syndrome and Epilepsy and his needs are a bit more unique then my other sons’.  However, I am not special in any way.  I am an ordinary woman who faces each day with hope that the next day will be better.

I am not sure what I am made of…some say I am made of steel..for what I have endured and continue to endure.  I am not made of steel..for when I do fall…I break…steel does not break.

I break a little each time I see Scotty have a seizure and when he struggles to say a word.   I break a little when Ryan is discouraged in life. I broke when Christopher broke his back and can’t move because his body aches all over.

I break each day I am ignored or rejected by those I love.  I am a broken woman. 

What holds me together is hope and faith that I am working towards a better life for my sons and me.  I am held together with pure relentlessness.  I will NEVER GIVE UP.  Most of all I am held together with love.  The love  I have for my sons: Ryan, Christopher, and Scotty and the love they have for me in return.