Often our blog posts are about products or fun little boutiques but today we find ourselves posting about what we deeply care about….our children.

It’s not often that we share troubles that our children have or we have for that matter because we often want society to look at us as mother’s or parents as perfect or at least doing very well. I’ve learned through observation that the illusion of perfection can damage our children more through control and trying to make things appear perfect. Life isn’t perfect and while our kids don’t need to know every facet of the pains of life they do need to learn about dissapointment in an age appropriate way so when the become adults they don’t wonder what happened to their lives.

As a family we just discovered that one our children has Asperger’s syndrome. It’s on the autism spectrum however these children do not have cognitive delays. Its has more to do with Social Skills development which can be lacking. With a society now that communicates based on networking, reading people and social interaction it won’t be as easy for him as it once might have been. While most of our family has been supportive we all have one or two who are ignorant or incapable of dealing with these situations. So how do we teach our children that sometimes dissapointment is OK because it strenghten’s us and makes us better people? I say we start with kindess and most of all awareness. Children with these issues are on the human spectrum. They are living breathing miracles in our lives.

The one thing that disturbs me most is the lack of commraderie that mother’s have with each other. We are not all part of a constant competition to see who does better. Our children are not markers or prizes of our acheivements, they are simply children. Growing beautiful gifts from whatever God we choose to believe in. While my post today may be controversial I think it’s important to end with something Ellen Degeneres said on her most recent show with John McCain. “Many of us are operating under the illusion that we are not all the same. We are all the same.” It’s as simple as that folks. Let’s all look at each other as what we are, human beings. Every human being want’s compassion, Every human being want’s love and Every human being needs acceptance.

I wish you and your beautiful children the blessing of peace. I’m not a strongly religious person but I am spiritual. I believe that awareness opens the doors. Let’s be aware of those around us and be kind. We may find ourselves in the position where someone else’s kindness helps save a life.

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