Someone I Love

Someone I love... relies on me in ways you will never understand.
Someone I love... endures pain and challenges that break my heart.
Someone I love... is unable to advocate for themselves for things that most of us take for granted.
Someone I love... will never have the opportunities that every child should have.
Someone I love... will need unconditional love and support after I'm gone, and this frightens me to the core.
Someone I love... encounters pity, stereotyping responses and prejudices at every turn because they look, act and/or learn differently from others.
Someone I love... has needs that require me to allow outsiders to have power and input in areas that should be mine alone to meet.
Someone I love... will continue to look to me for everything in life long after other children are able to assume thier place in the world.
Someone I love... has needs that require more time and energy than I have to give.
Someone I love... has needs that have become the driving force behind major decisions my family makes.
Someone I love... has changed me in ways I will never be able to accurately describe.
Someone I love... has taught me about love and the really important things in life.

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