1,200 days... 28,800 hours... 1,728,000 minutes... That is how long Little Man has been in my life. And my life has changed in more than 2 million ways. That's 1,200 days that his life has been in my hands and honestly, mine has been in his. In those 1,200 days here is what I have learned about being a mom. 1. I am no longer calling myself his "foster" mom but rather just mom and that has been the most emotional change in my life. I see myself as his mom, he is my son. 2. The amount of times people have told me how much they are amazed of the changes in Little Man in even the last 6 months proves that we are doing something right, even when it's exhausting, repetitive, and doesn't seem to be working. 3. The village needs to get bigger. In order to provide more support to myself, Jay, and to Little Man, I need to ask for more help. I have done a disservice to Little Man and others by sheltering him and others from his differences and because of that...
