Covid era was a very different time, unlike anything we had experienced. I was alone with the kids for about 5\u20136 months, in an unknown city, without any friends or family nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During this time, I couldn\u2019t provide Adi with any professional therapy. And though it wasn\u2019t in my control, it bothered me a lot. I often felt like a failure for not being able to give him the basic help he needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As soon as the restrictions eased a little, I found a therapist online who was ready to come home and work with Adi. It felt like a big relief \u2014 he could get the professional therapy he needed, and I didn\u2019t have to expose him to too many people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After assessing him, she came up with a step-by-step plan. Sessions were planned for 3\u20134 days a week. Since I had always been his primary caregiver, I worried if he\u2019d even stay in the room with a stranger or listen to anyone other than me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, as always, Adi surprised me. He adjusted so well. Within a couple of days, the moment he saw his therapist, his face would light up with a smile. He\u2019d go sit on his chair, all ready for his session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We started seeing positive changes within the first few months. We realised he was a fast learner \u2014 show him once, and he\u2019d often get it the next time. But there was one rule with him: he couldn\u2019t be forced into anything. He did things in his own time, in his own way. And we respected that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every small win was a celebration for us. What was \u201cnormal\u201d for other kids wasn\u2019t normal for Adi. He was different \u2014 and once we accepted that, everything started falling into place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We learned that with patience and consistency, he could achieve so much. And we also realised that denial helped no one. It only kept him from getting the support he needed. That acceptance was our biggest breakthrough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parenting is never easy. With a special child, it comes with its own unique challenges. But what I\u2019ve learned is this: it\u2019s also a very special journey, not meant for everyone. Acceptance is the key. Patience, consistency, and unconditional love can create wonders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adi showed me that progress isn\u2019t about ticking milestones on a chart. It\u2019s about finding joy in the little steps. It\u2019s not about doing things the way the world expects, but embracing the way he<\/em> did them. It\u2019s also about noticing and accepting every blessing with gratitude \u2014 the therapist who came home, the medicines that helped manage his seizures, the doctors who guided us, and all the little moments that made life brighter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Parenting is never easy, but with a special child, it becomes a journey unlike any other. I\u2019ve learned that acceptance, patience, consistency, and unconditional love are what truly create wonders. With Adi, progress wasn\u2019t about milestones or charts \u2014 it was about celebrating the little steps, embracing the way he did things, and finding joy in every blessing, big or small.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[9,7,20,23],"class_list":["post-347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-journey","tag-grief-journaling","tag-memories","tag-memories-with-adi","tag-motherhood","entry entry-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348,"href":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions\/348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dearadi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}