Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.
Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to see farther.
Anyone can give up; it is the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart, now that is true strength.
Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers.
It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.
The central struggle of parenthood is to let our hopes for our children outweigh our fears.
You've developed the strength of a draft horse while holding onto the delicacy of a daffodil ... you are the mother, advocate and protector of a child with a disability.
Children remind us to treasure the smallest of gifts, even in the most difficult times.
Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.
Children with special needs inspire a very, very special love.
Sometimes even the greatest joys bring challenge, and children with special needs inspire a very, very special love.
To the families of special needs children all across this country I have a message for you: for years you have sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters, and I pledge to you that if we're elected, you will have a friend, an advocate, in The White House.
If every child matters, every child has the right to a good start in life. If every child matters, every child has the right to be included. And that is so important for children with special needs.
The siblings of special needs children are quite special. Absolutely accepting and totally loving, from birth, someone who is different mentally, and has a different way of seeing the world, is a wonderful trait. It's a trait I wish there was another way of getting, but there isn't. And it does involve a degree of not having it fantastically easy.
It always helps to know that other parents with special-needs children are surviving, and surviving well.
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