I am so glad that Cathy is better than Catherine and that Ryan's birthday went awesomely!!!
you are right about the eye opening reality of having a kiddo with special needs. Finn opened my eyes to a lot of the "unfairs" in the world as well as to a lot of things about myself that were undesirable...things I took for granted that I should have been counting as blessings.
Both my boys suffer from depression and are on IEPS (one for emotional needs and one for ADHD) and dealing with their issues is sometimes more challenging that dealing with Finn's...but it could also be that they are teenagers and sometimes teenagers are more challenging in general than Finn...which gives me a migraine thinking of Finn as a teenager..oy
Finn has helped me prioritize...just like I think Ryan has helped you. Suddenly, nothing else seems quite as life shattering or dramatic as it once did. A day that involves waking up is a day I wasn't sure I would have...brand new perspective.
Makes me look back and shake my head at all the stuff I thought was soooooooooo important and the things that were "life ending." And I listen to my friends and their whole "screw my life, I didn't get this or this crappy thing happened" and I think...hey...everyone woke up, right? It's a good day!!!
