Battles

Just listen to this song

If you are the parent, grandparent, family member, close friend of a person who has special needs, you’ll get this.  I don’t particularly like country music, but the words. If you have a heart that has feelings for people, you’ll get it.

Now listen to this song

Again...the words. I am not a huge fan of the singer, but the words hit home for many reasons. Everything for Daniel is always going to be another mountain to climb. Everything single thing. From rolling over to eating to saying mama, its a battle.

I can almost see it
That dream I am dreaming
But there's a voice inside my head saying
"You'll never reach it"
Every step I'm taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking
But I gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb
The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down
But no, I'm not breaking
I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep going
And I, I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on
'Cause there's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Somebody's gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!
Keep on moving, keep climbing
Keep the faith, baby
It's all about, it's all about the climb
Keep the faith, keep your faith, whoa

 

Ok, enough with this, I’m weepy today. Tired of fighting the frickin’ Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy, (add your diagnosis here) battle. I want off the frickin’ roller coaster. I am tired of being on the uphill battle of Mount F*ck-this-crap. It seems impassible today. But only today, tomorrow we’ll start again.

But before you go...check out this post. This is oh so true, some days your faith in the world is dead. You just can't fathom how a person can be so ugly on the inside. Then you see/read/meet someone who just gives your a heart a little flutter that there are still some good people out there, that there is some hope.