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If you want help in keeping things in perspective on your life and challenges, read Melody’s blog – she is truly amazing!

Melody

A mom by birth and adoption shares – through photography, writing and humor – parenting boys who live with autism, ADHD, cerebral palsy, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and more. Reminding everyone that children with special needs are kids.

Why I Blog…

My special purpose sons take me to places daily in mind and heart that I would have never known existed without them. In sharing photos and a few words from our daily life, I encourage you to look at your life with humor, hope and the reality that you do what you can do when you can do it.

A sample posting:

http://slurpinglife.typepad.com/slurping_life/2009/05/love-thursday-special.html

Love Thursday ~ Special

I look at this child of mine and see so much more than you.

I see his pain. His intense struggles. His once physically abused and broken body.

His kind, forgiving spirit. His acceptance of difference.

His heart that loves so, so deeply.

Friday morning at an unbelievably early hour our family, including Grandma, will head to our State’s summer Special Olympics.

And…

Wil will be swimming the 25m and 50m freestyle events.

It is his first time competing in anything other than daily scuffles with his brothers.

He’s a bit nervous.

And way psyched.

This beautiful soul…our miracle child…has overcome so much. He has struggled, persisted and accomplished things the experts said would not be possible.

We are so proud of him.

We are so blessed by him.

We love him beyond measure.

I assure you that all love and GO WIL! you send this way will be enthusiastically received and deeply appreciated by a special eleven year old boy.