tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734646428701561816.post10094367571931448..comments2024-03-10T12:19:40.468-04:00Comments on The Via Colony: A Different Kind Of "Special"The Via Colonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683029689045969569noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8734646428701561816.post-74164384061850812462015-07-20T18:11:49.155-04:002015-07-20T18:11:49.155-04:00Yes ma'am. To everything. In our case, it'...Yes ma'am. To everything. In our case, it's a 9 year old daughter whose birthmom drank heavily while pregnant, which damaged her brain and left her with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. From the outside, she looks normal. She acts mostly wonderfully at other places and for other people. But when we get home, before the door shuts, she is a totally different person. She bites me. She throws things at me. She steal and "messes" constantly. We have locked closets and locked rooms and supervision and routines... And we're exhausted. And her 5 younger brothers and sisters are exhausted. I know all the facts. I know most of the strategies. But the reality is so, so hard, and it's made harder still because it's an invisible disability and because the majority of the public, and many of my friends, and even some of our family, don't understand. I, too, know that God has a plan for her life. But some moments it's so hard to remember. So thank you for the reminder. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com