More selfless than other moms? Really?
by Beth
Over the weekend a friend sent me a link to a post called Top 20 Reasons Moms of Kids With Special Needs ROCK. The post was published on a blog called momlogic. While I appreciate the sentiment, I gotta admit: I don’t really go for stuff that sets moms of kids with disabilities apart (better?) than other moms.
Let’s face it. Just about every mom loves their kid no matter what. So statements like this on this list actually turn me off :
- 10) Because we work overtime every single day.
C’mon. What mother doesn’t work overtime every single day? And then there’s this :
- 12) Because we are more selfless than other moms. Our kids need us more.
Really? Are we more selfless than “other” moms? I don’t think so.
Don’t get me wrong. I do understand it is different to be a mom to a kid with special needs. I just don’t agree that we are better moms. We are moms. And like so many other moms, we love our kids. We want the best for them. No matter what.
I do admit there was one item on the list that made me smile, and made me think of the love I have for our own son, Gus.
- 15) Because we understand our kids better than anyone else — even if they can’t talk; even if they can’t gesture; even if they can’t look us in the eye. We know. We just know.
It’s true! I can tell by the way Gus smacks his lips that he’s thirsty, I can tell if he’s afraid of something by the way he holds my hand. And I can definitely tell he’s happy by the way he laughs.
We had a wonderful time with Gus on Mother’s Weekend. Hope all of you — whether your kids have average or special needs — had a wonderful weekend, too.