This understanding made it easier to accept my little girl in the limited body that she was born with. I know that some moms don't get to breast-feed and that some parents don't get to watch their babies crawl or stand or walk. I know how hard that is. There were a lot of things that, as her parents, we had to get beyond. For instance, it wasn't always easy to pay attention to the gifts she brought to us.
Differences can be painfully apparent, and the parental guilt sometimes all consuming.
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