tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631451914129717953.post5462173353223205555..comments2023-04-13T04:34:17.730-05:00Comments on dreaming big: happy endingsgabbygracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05821567290427746459noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631451914129717953.post-46343306554125091182022-02-09T03:47:42.860-06:002022-02-09T03:47:42.860-06:00Remember us? Our hopeful and naive selves? I would...Remember us? Our hopeful and naive selves? I would bet replace them for a minute. Battered and bruised- we still rise. Love you. gabbygracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05821567290427746459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631451914129717953.post-51921611177966444292012-08-15T08:49:05.926-05:002012-08-15T08:49:05.926-05:00Grace, my heart is fractured, the same heart that ...Grace, my heart is fractured, the same heart that you helped mend not long ago when I thought that happiness would elude me indefinitely. For you, I am sad and angry and am asking, what the hell?! I find solace in knowing that this is NOT your ending and that happiness will find a way to peek out from behind the gray clouds and shine on you again. I know it will. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631451914129717953.post-18617137270683000482012-08-13T22:36:41.511-05:002012-08-13T22:36:41.511-05:00Grace you never have to apologize for being real. ...Grace you never have to apologize for being real. That is you! If I read a post about how it was all okay with you, I would get some moms together for an intervention. Your ability to be honest with yourself and others is what will be your, well, saving Grace. Head up or down we all love ya!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07468437254297056305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631451914129717953.post-20434653486885133582012-08-13T21:41:47.407-05:002012-08-13T21:41:47.407-05:00Grace, I'm so proud of you for letting yoursel...Grace, I'm so proud of you for letting yourself feel how you feel, and not apologizing for it. I hope you'll continue to write and purge your thoughts (whether or not you share it)...it's like therapy. I admire your strength and honesty. Keep your head up. Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05178576277146987523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631451914129717953.post-57739335457568748862012-08-13T13:00:17.303-05:002012-08-13T13:00:17.303-05:00You and you kids are so beautiful. Hope things g... You and you kids are so beautiful. Hope things get better for you. I don't think I would have the courage you have. Hope you have a good support system and take care of yourself first, it's very important.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631451914129717953.post-33719646246883473292012-08-13T08:33:12.435-05:002012-08-13T08:33:12.435-05:00I just wanted to tell you how much I feel for you,...I just wanted to tell you how much I feel for you, I am sorry you are going through such a difficult time...If I was in your shoes I would be feeling the exact same way. I hope as time goes on things get better...Thinking of you...JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040699928110444013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631451914129717953.post-89849821133770106002012-08-12T20:48:56.325-05:002012-08-12T20:48:56.325-05:00I forgot to say thank you for sharing your honest ...I forgot to say thank you for sharing your honest feelings many would not be so forthcoming. I always feel better releasing my raw emotions.ckbryllianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15903634427934180138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631451914129717953.post-26216760916343399572012-08-12T20:47:24.250-05:002012-08-12T20:47:24.250-05:00The 'best' advice my mom gave me a long ti...The 'best' advice my mom gave me a long time ago was 'who ever told you you were going to be happy all the time?' And I have never forgotten her for it. At first I hated her for it and thought she was such a downer but then slowly over time I began to realize she was right. No one ever promised me happiness or happy endings and I began to see her words as a blessing and they began to make my life alot less disappointing. Happy is relative and things are not as they often seem. Our friends with the happy endings and the 'perfectly normal' life, they have their struggles too. We cannot know what goes on in their worlds or the chaos that may exist with in them. <br /><br />What you are experiencing is heart wrenching, gut wrenching and I hope you can find someone in your circle to help you bear this pain. No one here will judge you for your thoughts and feelings so let them flow. In a way think of our little one's with Ds. One step forward, ten steps on pause or backward, and then forward again. One step at a time, be kind to yourself you are a mother of a newborn which in and of it's self is hard work. Try not to focus on why me but rather why not me to love this beautiful baby boy blessed to me. Thinking of and praying for you.ckbryllianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15903634427934180138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631451914129717953.post-85968257533078155252012-08-12T19:41:51.586-05:002012-08-12T19:41:51.586-05:00I just read over your blog what an intense emotion...I just read over your blog what an intense emotional roller coaster; thank you for understanding and empathizing it means more than you know.gabbygracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05821567290427746459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631451914129717953.post-67419221343981685992012-08-12T19:40:14.346-05:002012-08-12T19:40:14.346-05:00Thank you so much for your sweet words it helps my...Thank you so much for your sweet words it helps my heart :)gabbygracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05821567290427746459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631451914129717953.post-48157500306273268262012-08-12T19:18:07.525-05:002012-08-12T19:18:07.525-05:00I just want to say that you truly are brave. You ...I just want to say that you truly are brave. You wrote so many words that I wish at one time I could've said myself. I grieved for so long over our brith diagnosis. I couldn't say the words Down Syndrome without crying. I know I'm not in your exact situation because I only have one special needs child. I have a 10 year old and then my 16 month old son with Ds. The hard part is that my husband doesn't want any more kids, so the thought of never having a typical child again is so hard for me. You are not a bad person and you need to take as much time as you need to grieve. Letting yourself grieve will only make you a better Mom for all of your kids. You are not a bad person for feeling this way! You get up everyday and take care of those beautiful kids of yours, even on those days when you just want to crawl under a rock and die. You will get your happy ending, it's just different from the one you had imagined for yourself. Hang in there Momma! I promise you it will get easier! <>Melissa from BBC. (3_May_baby(noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631451914129717953.post-63327862786860390092012-08-12T19:17:58.731-05:002012-08-12T19:17:58.731-05:00I just want to say that you truly are brave. You ...I just want to say that you truly are brave. You wrote so many words that I wish at one time I could've said myself. I grieved for so long over our brith diagnosis. I couldn't say the words Down Syndrome without crying. I know I'm not in your exact situation because I only have one special needs child. I have a 10 year old and then my 16 month old son with Ds. The hard part is that my husband doesn't want any more kids, so the thought of never having a typical child again is so hard for me. You are not a bad person and you need to take as much time as you need to grieve. Letting yourself grieve will only make you a better Mom for all of your kids. You are not a bad person for feeling this way! You get up everyday and take care of those beautiful kids of yours, even on those days when you just want to crawl under a rock and die. You will get your happy ending, it's just different from the one you had imagined for yourself. Hang in there Momma! I promise you it will get easier! <>Melissa from BBC. (3_May_baby(noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631451914129717953.post-32409178985828367762012-08-12T16:19:17.652-05:002012-08-12T16:19:17.652-05:00One day you will have it, and so will I. I'm t...One day you will have it, and so will I. I'm thankful you had the courage to be real, but at the same time I am sorry that your life is so hard. No one should have hard days and especially a hard life, your very courageous. I can't totally relate, since I don't have special needs kids, but life has been pretty hard for me these past several months and I'm sorry it has been for you too. I can relate to so many things you said. 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