But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy… and they’re all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say, “Yes, that’s where I was supposed to go. That’s what I had planned.”
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability – to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this… printable holland poem
But there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay. But everyone you know is busy coming and
But… if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things… about Holland. Whether you frame it, fold it into a wallet, or simply tape it to the wall, the printable Holland poem remains a lifeline. It validates the loss without abandoning the hope. And sometimes, on the hardest days, that is exactly the map a parent needs. It’s like this… But there’s been a change