Kari Smith

I have not heard of that pod cast but I'm certainly going to check it out today so thank you for the suggestion. Thank everyone for the support & kind words. This past few years have been rough not nessisarly because of my son but going though everything pretty much alone has been hard. I will say that I feel beyond blessed to have the bond I have w/ my son. He has made Mt life so much more purposeful & I have never felt the kinda of love that I have for my child. There's isn't anything in this world I'd trade to me he's perfect it's just been my fear of what the future holds that has really gotten to me. You see the awful stuff that happens to children & it hurts my soul. My son can't even say something if someone were to do something to him. Which is done of the reasons I do not send him to daycare & I've not ever had anyone else even watch him besides his father for short periods of time. There's so much evil out there it truly saddens me. Personally I just can't understand how anyone could ever want to harm a child in anyway but sadly there's many who do. There's also unfortunately limited resources for these children like my son & in fact my state ranked amount some of the worst for having assistance & othe infrastructure to assist families & children w/ developmental disabilities (I honestly hate that term cause I really don't feel it should be called that they aren't slow & in fact many are highly intelligent) but it's sad that many parents like myself worry so much about what will happen to our children when we are no longer there to take care of them. You worry if anyone will even be there for them. You worry about them being exploited or used in any manner. You worry about them being abused & harmed, and you worry about them being alone or if they're even gonna be safe. There has to be a better way for these kids. Mt hope is as time goes by that more attention is brought to this matter & more is done to ensure they have the support they need for the future. Personally I feel like some of these kids very well could grow up & be a huge part of future advancements in certain fields like technology & even the medical field, they are beyond intelligent & very focused it's truly amazing. Hopefully this world starts to open their eyes, minds, & hearts so that we can all move forward in a manner that is more accepting & more supportive of all walks of life including these children, and more is done about these sick groups of individuals that are targeting children & other venerable groups of people like the elderly & disabled or homeless & mentally ill. Thank you again for your help & support it's much appreciated

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My son is only 4 yrs old (almost 5 now) but is non verbal & I just can't help but worry about what kind of future he will have. If I'm being honest it scares the hell outta me & I cry a lot more then I'd like to admitt. He's an amazing child & definitely very smart in many ways but the language barrier has presented us w/ some major obstacles. Idk I just want my baby to be okay. I feel he understands whats going on around him more then I probably realize at times. It's now started to cause me to become seriously afraid of (down right paranoid at times) anything happening to myself though cause unfortunately all he has is myself & his father neither of us have any living family really. My heart just feels so heavy I love that child more than anything in this world I just can't bare the ideaof anything happening to him or of him being left all alone