So many have shared with me about the gift of extended family. I live in the same city as my sister and both of our first born children have special needs. While many assumed this would mean that we would be even more of a support to each other, the truth is that we were in such crisis for so many years that we had very little capacity to offer each other anything. When we have the privilege of being away together, the multiple special needs diets, mobility needs and behavioural challenges that we're trying to balance on top of the normal demands of young children adds additional strain.
But that has recently changed. Our girls are now all a bit older, and they can play together in the most beautiful ways.... they have formed their own little gang.
