Thank you for the understanding and support. There are lots of unknown factors and lots of questions. I just want whats best... I'm going for it, it's just gonna take time!
It sounds like the Court is truly putting your daughter's best interests first. That's encouraging.
I have a disabled daughter, and for more than 20 years, it's been quite the ride. But you have an idea about that because of your girlfriend.
It's not always predictable; it's not always pretty.
Hell, sometimes it doesn't even feel
possible.
Years ago, a doctor told me something that has stuck with me through the best and worst of times:
All that it is, is hard.
It's difficult to talk candidly sometimes about the challenges of raising a disabled child because people have a tendency to be a tad judgmental.
People have literally spat the (rhetorical) question at me:
"But aren't you glad she's alive?"
It's such an insulting thing to say. Of course I'm glad she's alive, but that doesn't mean I don't get frustrated. Of course I'm glad she's alive, but that doesn't mean I don't get tired ... frustrated ... depressed. But even at my darkest moments, I've never wished her dead.
When I "complain" about the challenges of raising my non-disabled children, no one spats those words at me.
You have a challenging road ahead of you - I'm so glad the Court is willing to work with you as you reconfigure your life.
In accepting the challenge, you stood very tall today.