I love being a special needs parent. Oh, it has been hard, and there have been challenges, but I love my children and I have learned invaluable lessons along the way. These truths have changed me, and I am thankful for the changes.

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So here are ten reasons I love being a special needs parent.

1. Giving and receiving pure, strong, real unconditional love, with no strings attached.

2. Knowing that who we are not doesn’t matter, it only matters who we are.

3. Understanding that success in not found in outward performance, but in accomplishing even the small tasks.

4. Learning, every day, what really matters in life, what it means to be human, what it means to be loved and accepted simply for being.

5. Getting to witness the determination to reach new milestones, and the effort, strength and grit it requires.

6. Courage is part of my life as I watch my children with special needs face their challenges head-on.

7. The extra measure of joy I live with as my children teach me how to celebrate life.

8. I have become a person with more compassion, acceptance, and humility.

9. My view of brokenness has changed, and I am more aware of the emotional and spiritual brokenness we all experience.

10. I have met some of the finest people because of my children. They have become my closest friends, my confidants. When people say, “Special needs parents are special people,” I agree, they are remarkable; their children have made them remarkable.

I love being a special needs parent because I love  my kids regardless of their genetic makeup or their disability. Yes, maybe it is as simple as the fact that I love them. Being a mom is a blessing, and I cannot imagine my life without my children.

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