My Blog

I have started this blog as a source of therapy and maybe as a source of help for other mothers (and fathers) who find themselves graced with a child who has special needs. I do not plan to spend every second of this blog on Molly (the aforementioned child) because my life is filled with numerous characters who all deserve their place in the spotlight. I have found that many times i feel very alone in my struggle to remain sane when living day in and day out with my daughter. She is 24 years old and has lived at home since birth. Her full diagnosis is mental retardation, bipolar disorder, ADHD, OCD, and others, (you get my drift.) Many times i feel extremely jealous of other mothers who have young adult daughters and get to share those very special mother-daughter moments with them. But then i hear of stories of daughters who don't speak with their mothers, or cut them out of their lives and i am grateful that to Molly, i am the most important person in her life and probably always will be. I have to remind myself of that quite often and feel that maybe this is my silver lining.