Replies to '08/19 Tired of Being a Mom'

Quote From: michelle8572

Hi,  I am a single mom and I have an 18 year old daughter with Down Syndrome.  I love her to death.  I do sympathize with this mom.  I work 40+ hours a week, try to take 1 night school class a year plus all the other things that I have to do with my daughter, speech therapy, special olympics and just general everyday stuff like homework which can take up to 2 hours to complete one little page of work.  It can be a struggle.  I just want to let her know that there is a pot of gold at the end of the tunnel.  I don't get alot of support, my parents help out when they can and I have a worker come to my home one evening a week so that I can go out and get groceries and get myself out of the house for awhile.  It takes ALOT of patience and hardwork.  You have to be consistant and have realistic expectations for you child.  Keep on a schedule and get down to your childs level when communicating.  It takes time, effort and a lot of work but it will pay off in the end.  I need my time outs too to regenerate myself.  I know that my daughter will never grow up, go to University, get married and have children of her own and more then likely she will have to leave either with me or live in a supervised setting but my daughter is happy and she tries everyday to be the best person that she can be.  She doesn't even believe that she has Down Syndrome, she thinks I made it up.  She knows that she works harder then most of the kids in school but she doesn't mind, she plans to become a teacher one day.  Who am I to tell her that she can't.