Guest guest Posted August 5, 2000 Report Share Posted August 5, 2000 I am so glad to hear I'm not the only one who hates to be called special. Since we adopted brandon, we are REALLY called that because we " willingly took this on " . No, we did what anyone else would do. He was OUR child, but he just happened to come by way of a 15 year old girl, and he 's so darn cute, how could we say no? The only difference was the way he got to us. I always feel guilty and I HATE HATE HATE being called supermom or anything like unto it. People think I'm just being modest, but I sincerely feel that way. I don't like feeling (as someone else said) that I have to live up to that image. We still fight at our house, do stupid irresponsible things sometimes and basically screw-up quite a bit!! That is no definition of a supermom and I don't like the feelings of conflict in my mind that it presents to itself. I agree w/what someone said also about just saying 'sorry' and 'what can I do to help'. DON'T come and visit me in the hospital if you are going to be more miserable about my child's situation than I am, and I end up having to cheer YOU up! That has left me so emotionally exhausted before. That is one reason why I love this list so much because I know that I can get just the right kind of support that I need. It is great to have. Doctors and therapists have been really supportive to us too, but there is nothing that can duplicate the experiences of another parent who is dealing with the same trials. Thanks you guys! Ruth in SLC mom to 26mos CHARGEr, waiting adoptive parent, wife to Mike ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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