Comments on: The Waves of Grief in Special Needs Parenting https://www.thechaosandtheclutter.com/archives/waves-grief-special-needs-parenting Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:14:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Anne https://www.thechaosandtheclutter.com/archives/waves-grief-special-needs-parenting#comment-150583 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 22:51:55 +0000 https://www.thechaosandtheclutter.com/?p=15072#comment-150583 I have a dozen kids, and half of them are adopted and have special needs. Most of the time I’m okay–tired, constantly in conflict, full of questions, but okay. Last week got harder than usual, and on Saturday afternoon I was literally sitting with my back to the bedroom door to keep the kids from opening it while I ate a bit of chocolate and read a chapter of a mystery story.

It was only 10 minutes.

I came out and acted like a mom again.

But I was pretty desperate that afternoon.

Some people offer to help, and I believe they are sincere, but I don’t even know what to ask for.

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