Reply #6: There is a path. There is hope. [View All]

[SheilaT]

One of my friends has a daughter who is bi-polar, and their life is often unmitigated hell. The daughter is exceptionally brilliant, but very unstable. I cannot imagine what they go through daily.

Sometimes life just sucks. My oldest son has Asperger's, which in many ways isn't all that bad, but he's in his sixth year of college at this point (fortunately he attends a relatively inexpensive state university) and has two or three years at least before he has a degree. My younger son was picked up on possession of marijuana two years ago, went through diversion and didn't really learn a lot from it except how not to get caught. He's in college, did well his first year, has a girlfriend who is much too good for him only I'm hoping she never quite figures that out.

I keep on reminding myself that all of life is a journey.

I am so glad that your daughters are alive. They are so vulnerable at every age. When they're born, in those early months, we think it is so hard, and we haven't a clue how truly difficult it can become. I make a point of telling my sons I love them whenever I can. It won't change anything, but it makes me feel better.