tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770548164484792072.post6556919397863838767..comments2023-05-11T10:29:17.534+01:00Comments on A Journey into Grand-Motherhood: Changing AttitudesNan P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15048214158269327225noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770548164484792072.post-15436427358586575082009-09-15T12:03:38.517+01:002009-09-15T12:03:38.517+01:00Brilliant post Nan and so fabulously written.
I u...Brilliant post Nan and so fabulously written.<br /><br />I understand how you're relating your feelings about loss of control with Intellectual Disability behaviour. I believe though that once it happened to your family, and in such a darling little prince, that changed things for you. You, naturally accept Cathal as Cathal and you understand what makes him tick. You also now know the things jazzygalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04069218745940412457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770548164484792072.post-54452032956386053502009-09-10T03:42:30.215+01:002009-09-10T03:42:30.215+01:00Nan, I am with Mel...I got a little choked up read...Nan, I am with Mel...I got a little choked up reading this....GREAT post!! I have had similar feelings as you described...when teaching I would always admire the special education teachers but secretly knew that was not the path for me. Reid's birth has shattered those old feelings of awkwardness and uncomfortableness I once felt around those with disabilities, and I am grateful for that...itCherihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08644571627468626304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770548164484792072.post-22218206409237615452009-09-09T23:21:30.997+01:002009-09-09T23:21:30.997+01:00Nan, a beautifully worded piece! Could relate to ...Nan, a beautifully worded piece! Could relate to so much of it.Clivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02977646141133705414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770548164484792072.post-65798801146027399382009-09-09T10:39:44.076+01:002009-09-09T10:39:44.076+01:00Reading this through tears Nan P. I look back at m...Reading this through tears Nan P. I look back at my life before Luke sometimes, and it seems to me that I was destined to be his mother. I helped out at the Special Olympics as a teenager, which chrystalised my decision to become a teacher. I studied, among other things incl French, rehabilitation at University, and taught a number of children with both physical and intellectual disabilities. We Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09066280828048359936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3770548164484792072.post-11396334229073238092009-09-09T01:40:29.856+01:002009-09-09T01:40:29.856+01:00I suspect that your heart has always been in the r...I suspect that your heart has always been in the right place; your head has just gotten some new information that has permitted you to realize a greater world. I've always considered myself a spiritual person - the scope and direction has certainly changed since Emma showed up.<br />Bravo!Jeffrey Goblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00965511739492397318noreply@blogger.com