A Little Forgiveness Goes a Long Way...

I heard something wonderful at a recent parent support group. That was one mother telling another, who seemed to be beating up on herself a bit for not having had certain successes with her child, that we need to learn to be more forgiving of ourselves. So obvious, but so important. We want to get it right, dot all the i's, cross all the t's, but kids aren't like that, and kids with special needs most especially aren't like that. We'll never stop working to help them, but sometimes we have just to accept that we do the best we can. And that is perhaps all we really can ask of ourselves.