I am sitting here this morning with my
guest blogger for today, the amazing Jill Sadowsky; author of “David’s Story”.
Whenever we get together to brainstorm, inspiration extraordinarily sparks our
imaginations and we become a power house of new ideas, furthering our respective
campaigns offering support and bringing greater awareness. I will now hand over
the keyboard to Jill:
Being in contact with an author who is working
towards a worthy cause, helps keep things in perspective. My husband used
humour whenever he could to defuse potentially explosive situations and in
general he found that humour helped him remain positive.
We attended a support group: each one of us mourned a young person whose life had
changed; shock, loss, grief, fear, confusion, ambivalence, guilt, helplessness,
despair, sadness and hopelessness were common reactions. I realized that problems
in coping with these feelings came from doing so without the added comfort of
extended family and close friends. But, how could they possibly grasp the
enormity of the problem if it had taken us so long to understand?
I asked the group; "How
can I avoid regretting hopes and dreams that have become so unrealistic?”
Someone replied; “Don’t wait
for your child to fulfill your former expectations. Alter them. Learn to forge
new dreams. Take one day at a time.”
Of all the advice I ever received;
take one day at a time proved to be the most helpful.
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