Well, let me tell you about the big issue in my life right now. I was a teacher for ten years when hubby and I were first married, and now I need to go back to work. Chase is 21 and will age out of the school system this year. I want to start substitute teaching to see if I can get on with the local school district as a teacher. My problem is that Chase can't lock and unlock the door. She is fine at home alone for a short time, but she can't leave the house secure when the bus picks her up. My brilliant idea was to get her sister to send me her garage door opener home from college. She could leave by the garage and not have to lock the door on her way out. Well, she can get out and get on the bus, but four out of five times she accidentally pushes the button when she is putting the opener back in her bag, even though every time I tell her not to do anything with it until the bus turns the corner. So, the house is left open, and I can't trust that it will be secure when I am not there. This is not going to work. I can't leave the house before she does and feel that the house will be secure when the door is up.

My new idea is to have the assistant in her class to pick her up before school and make sure that the door is locked. The garage door opener is going away. We will have to pay her to do this, but she will not have to go to the adult day care center that I've been told is as close to hell on earth as you can get. I will not send my child to such a place. We will soon see if this option is viable.

The things a parent deals with when a child never grows up...something you don't think about when you are pregnant and are thinking about the color to paint the nursery...

Well, I haven't done this before, but I thought I would share some of my experiences. I don't know if anyone will be interested, but my hope is that I will be able to connect with other parents of children with disabilities. Chase was my best pregnancy, but at birth she had trouble breathing. The doctor had given me a medication to stop my labor, and it didn't work. It did, however, make me very groggy. I was scheduled for a c-section on Monday, and I went into labor on Saturday night. It wasn't convenient to deliver her on Saturday night. Hindsight is 20/20, right?

Fastforward to now, and she has been such a blessing. I feel that God gave her to us to show us His love. Through all of the trials and tribulations, and there have been plenty, she has been a blessing. I hope to be able to help others going through some of the same things that we have been through to see their way through to the other side. Tomorrow is always another day, and there is never a dull moment!