Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Mother Warrior...Do I Have What it Takes?
I started reading Jenny McCarthy's most recent book Mother Warriors yesterday and am about 1/2 way through it. I have to say I am in total awe of the women in this book! I have heard of moving mountains to get your child help, but these women literally wrote the book on kicking ass and taking names! They don't take "no" for an answer and know what they are talking about from their own drive to self educate. They didn't wait for someone to find a solution or hand them a game plan. They read, and read, and read, and researched, and tried, and traveled, and gave every bit of their being to finding a way to help their child. They formed networks of thousands from their own living rooms and will change the way the world views autism. While inspiring and motivating, it is also is like standing next to the ocean for the 1st time...massive, larger than life, and overwhelming. I can only imagine what I will see one day with I look back on my own journey, I only hope I have worked hard enough for my child to be a Mother Warrior to her, if to no one else.
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You do have what it takes! Just be strong and do whatever you need to do for Sam. I look back on my journey and although it is a different kind of journey, I feel that I have been a Mother Warrior for my son. I am proud of what I have been able to get for my child and know that if I can do it, anyone can! Trust me, when it comes to your baby, you will do anything and you won't care what other people think or say. You will continue to push for whatever it is that she needs. Her future (and your sanity) depends on it!
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