You begin the parent role as soon as you find out you are pregnant. The care you have for yourself also is caring for the child within. I believe a womans intuition is very powerful. If you have a strong feeling about something, you should listen no matter what others think. You know yourself better than anyone else. Follow your inner feelings.

I am married to a wonderful man, Larry, and we have been together for 25 years. I am just a mother of a special needs child, soon to be young man. Every since Jared was born, I told myself I wanted to write a book about him. I feel if I let others know what we went through, or what we are still going through, I would be able to help them if they are facing some situations we went through. I want to give others hope and encouragement and to stay on a positive path. I have helped other parents with their special child and all though I dont have all the answers, I have gone through a lot and I hope my experiences will help others. I am a licensed foster care provider and hope to care for special needs children because they are harder to find homes for. Since I have experience in a lot of healthcare areas also, I feel like I can be very helpful to parents and caregivers of special needs children. I am also a licensed Certified Nurse Assistant. My husband and I was self employed with our asphalt paving business for 25 years. My hobbies are ceramics, reading and taking walks. We live in the country and are blessed with a nice community. I feel one of my missions in life is working with special needs children and I am happy to do just that.