Shan and Tam... Sisters Breaking Barriers

This post is dedicated to my beautiful cousin Crystal Faith McLeod. "Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward", Psalm 127 vs 3. You were truly a light and a blessing. We love you and miss you. I will never forget the day I sat in the room with the psychologist. I remembered her asking me if I needed a break as I could not stop crying. You would think she had just told me that I had a terminal illness with only a few days to live, but this was not the case. She was explaining to me   how challenging learning would be for my son because of his ADHD and Dyslexia diagnosis. As she spoke, several thoughts ran through my head; “Lord it must be my sins, why my child is suffering like this”, “God why him?”; “What will school and life look like for him?” I was distraught and felt completely shattered. The silence in the car made the drive home seem endless. When I arrived home, still in tears, I called my mother to talk with her. Her

This post is being made with the expressed consent of the parties discussed within. Remember a few posts back when I told you about my son, who as a toddler, I had to rethink the way I was going to parent him? Today we are going to delve a little deeper into the experience of parenting this awesome young man. My son (AJ) believes that he has superpowers, and I agree with him. You might think that this is the ideation of a 12-year-old with an overactive imagination…but it’s not, and I will tell you why. AJ is the family comedian with an incredible sense of humour and perfect timing. I think he could make a living from it one day. He loves people, has a lot of friends, and believes anyone who he loves and cares about is his family. He loves hugs, is caring, very athletic, and extremely polite. He is in many ways the life of the party as he brings so much joy to those around him.   Does he sound like many 12-year-old boys you know? He is, but he is also special. First o