It's a bit of a rocky road...

I am constantly reminded that God placed us specifically for our children. Not only did they arrive at the right time, we were in the right place - our marriage, our family, our physical location. I know, physical location seems a bit ackward to add, but in all honesty, right now our physical location has been an extreme benefit.

We've been undergoing a lot of evaluations for E. Stone - we've started some new therapies and are working toward getting him on track for kindergarden. As the younger boys become older, it's more and more difficult to handle everything - disciplining a child with delays and two children without is quite the tightrope walk. But, we have amazing support and resources and that's all because of our physical location.

I've blogged about our neighborhood before, but there really isn't anything like it. I have an outreach of people who understand and, above all, love my children. Love them for who they are and are able to see past the blur of the outside to the heart in the middle. My sweet neighbor, as I was close to loosing it, looked over at E. Stone and said, "He is such an amazingly sweet child."

Those words spoke volumes... because he is, but sometimes that's hard to see. Even for me. As I try to keep him from running in circles and slamming doors, I feel that the outside world is juding me for not being able to control it all, and judging him for not being able to act "right," but that's not what she saw. She saw what I see, my sweet, awesome, amazing little boy.

So, as we embark on this rocky road, a road I know will take us to an amazing place, I am reminded that I have many blessings. I have access to so many things that others don't (two kinds of speech therapy, feeding therapy, behavior therapy, a parenting coach, a psychologist and an occupational therapist) and our son is already making amazing strides. We are blessed, we are thankful and above all we are hopeful!