Welcome to holland

Welcome to Holland

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I love this poem! Welcome To Holland...

Welcome to Holland | Poem by Emily Kingsley | Williams Syndrome Awareness

Photo courtesy of @stefunny Receiving a diagnosis for your child can make you feel a lot of things as a parent. Sorrow and tears for what would have been, joy for hopeful tomorrows, fear of the unk…

Welcome to Holland is a poem by Emily Perl Kingsley. I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability to imagine how it would feel.

Welcome to Holland. Wonderful description of not only parenting children with disabilities, but parenting in general! Image from http://www.wallpaperstop.com/wallpapers/flower-wallpapers/holland-tulip-wallpaper-1600x1200-0149.html

Hi All I want you read this first. For a change i'm showing a picture before i write, but after reading i think you get why. Please read first then read below the picture. Wow is this not the most beautiful words and explanation been a parent of a special need parent. It is all so true that there comes a time that we need to let go off what we thought would happen in an ideal world and realize what is happening now in our lives. For as much as there is so much we deal with we must not forget…

A well meaning friend recently sent me this essay. It is called "Welcome to Holland", and was written in 1987 by Emily Perl Kingsley, a special needs parent who describes her parenting journey as being like getting very excited for a vacation to Italy (parenting expectations) only to find that she has been landed (permanently) in the quaint country of Holland (reality of special needs parenting). It's very poignantly written, and definitely tells a story of how beautiful an adventure special…