tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013696382983520198.post7916059699223324564..comments2023-05-25T05:56:51.653-07:00Comments on Amazing Amelia: I hate the playgroundDebbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12747481175356171210noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013696382983520198.post-35213594165935218852008-10-01T19:14:00.000-07:002008-10-01T19:14:00.000-07:00Hey Debbie,,, Its Jennifer from Panetta Physical ...Hey Debbie,,, Its Jennifer from Panetta Physical Therapy... Oh my god,, I can't believe therapies 4 kids will not be by us anymore. I was soooo upset when I found out, mainly cause I won't see my little buddy anymore :( <BR/>my email is yankeeschick_23@yahoo.com<BR/>If you get a chance email me, I will keep checking out the blog as well... Gonna miss my Amelia!!! Talk to ya soon!!!Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01990943454910344281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013696382983520198.post-75538033564923850162008-08-21T14:01:00.000-07:002008-08-21T14:01:00.000-07:00Most kids piss in the sand anyway. Let the other ...Most kids piss in the sand anyway. Let the other kids play in urine while you and Amelia watch. <BR/><BR/>Love, <BR/>Sam's Dad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013696382983520198.post-12927548905603488772008-08-20T13:30:00.000-07:002008-08-20T13:30:00.000-07:00i hate the playground too! Crying out loud.Amelia'...i hate the playground too! <BR/>Crying out loud.<BR/><BR/>Amelia's Titi TerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013696382983520198.post-54125759007724177062008-08-14T16:18:00.000-07:002008-08-14T16:18:00.000-07:00It's not easy to walk into an environment, be it a...It's not easy to walk into an environment, be it a park or otherwise where there are lots of healthy kids running around. Oh, to have a parent innocently look smilingly in the direction of your child's stroller, only to watch that smile go slightly flat. All kinds of things are occurring in the minds of people in those few seconds that their smiles go flat. Love, concern, compassion, prayers, curiosity, empathy, guilt, sympathy and I'm sure there have even been a few "better them than me" thrown in there. But it almost doesn't matter what they're actually thinking. The fact that your child's condition has stopped a person in their smiling tracks is like a small, sharp blow to the solar plexus. Sure we don't want to care. But we do. Of course we do. And anyone who tells me that they don't care is either lying to me or to themselves. A blow like that, on a particular day, when one's over worked, beaten down, stressed, tired or lonely, might suddenly knock the wind out of one's sails..... Anyone's sails ........Even my wife.<BR/>Being the parent of a special needs child is not for the faint of heart (wimps need not apply). It requires skills you've not been previously trained for. Nor is there a manual. But certainly as important, if not more important, are the emotional skills that one has to develop. Some of these skills require immediate applications, like trying not to scream "WHY THE F#%#*!!!" while the Doctor is telling you, yet again, that the results of such and such tests on your newborn are inconclusive.<BR/> The honing and adjusting of one's existing social skills however, or lack thereof, as the case may be, will be tried and tested in ways, none of us would've imagined. One such example is the "dance of the playground moms", in which certain tribes of moms of certain social classes may look to oust or shun other members of their tribe for various and sundry reasons. Surely they're not doing this on purpose. In fact, it's probably out of a lack for what to say. But sometimes it feel a though they might as well be doing it on purpose. As if this world of parenting a child of special needs isn't lonely enough! It can, indeed, be a jungle at the playground.<BR/>So the big question that I ask myself, on a daily basis, is how does she do it. How does she manage all that she manages, everyday, every hour, with that beautiful smile of hers, the wonderful energy, the love and enthusiasim with which does all that she does? I don't know how she does it. All I know is I'm glad she's Amelia's mom and my wife.Nestor Serranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13106256103172861583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013696382983520198.post-15703369448944110892008-08-10T20:51:00.000-07:002008-08-10T20:51:00.000-07:00Huge Hugs sweetie!!!I think Amelia looks a little ...Huge Hugs sweetie!!!I think Amelia looks a little like Hannah too- maybe its the brown curly hair and the big bright brown eyes;)Its hard for me too at times, Im always taking my 5year old to typical places like the park and although she has a blast...it still breaks my heart to have Hannah sitting on my lap watching kids younger then her running around!It doesn't matter what the world see's when they look at our girls, whats most important is that we know there spectacular!!!lailahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153489604914702671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013696382983520198.post-85511775091510419012008-08-09T13:54:00.000-07:002008-08-09T13:54:00.000-07:00I hear ya sista... But you should really give you...I hear ya sista... But you should really give yourself a big ole pat on the back for at least taking Amelia to the playground. I fear all of the stares and feelings that I feel when I see all of the other kids running around all over the place, so most of the time we just don't go. I really don't think that is best for Sam but its just too hard to take him.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120820092447344025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013696382983520198.post-45546842360341569002008-08-08T20:26:00.000-07:002008-08-08T20:26:00.000-07:00Just stopped by to see how Amelia did with her las...Just stopped by to see how Amelia did with her last treatments. My heart broke as I read your post for today. I remember being where you are today but let me tell you that you have those mom's beat. What you have to offer is just so much great.<BR/>The love, encouragement, support that we saw you demonstrate to Amelia was beyond words. Don't let them get to you. We are so thankful for the suggestions you gave us for Kate's g-tube. You know you only get the good information from another mom.<BR/>If you are ever in the Northern NJ area know that we would love to have a play date with you and Amelia.<BR/>Faith (Mom to Kate - we met while at the RMH back in June chiarimom@optonline.net)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051109479929725997noreply@blogger.com