Children with special needs = No $ amount big enough. Everything breaking while he is gone = tyical& Lots of $$$$ . Still Smiling and driving on = preseverance & happiness. Picking husband up for R&R on Valentines Day = Best present ever!!! I am a lucky Lady!

We have three kids and DH says he doesn't want anymore. I want more but just not right now. My middle child is special needs and we're working on getting him behavioral therapy. Between that, homeschooling him and his brother, and a toddler, I don't think I want to add a newborn to the family just yet. But DH had r&r recently and now I'm two days late. I have such mixed feelings and I'm too nervous to take a test. I haven't told him yet...

I hate being a SAHM but until I get my son into preschool that can acommodate his special needs I'm stuck here during the day. I applied to about 12 jobs in the last 2 months, interviewed for 5 jobs and none ever called me back. I don't know if it's my schedule that's the problem or if it's me. We just PCSed here and I haven't met any friends yet. It seems like all our neighbors work so I never see anyone. I really wanted a part time job. You would these places would help out a military family.guess not :(

My husband has a very demanding job and we've been through deployments, moves and everything else all with two special needs kids. The only difference is we don't sit around feeling sorry for ourselves and appreciate the benefits of this life. So no, we don't have it easier, you just like feeling sorry for yourself.

I LOVE the Foundation for a Better Life commercials. They restore some of my faith in humanity. The True Beauty one with the special needs homecoming queen? That makes me cry every single time! (although with hubby deployed, I kinda cry at everything!)

Ugh! I am so frustrated with our EFMP office at Ft. Rucker. Somehow I ended up on the "Exceptional Family Member" list, and nobody seems to be able to tell me why, or how to get off of it! I DON'T HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS! Why is it that there are so many military dependents out there, struggling to get the special help they need, while I'm somehow stuck on the special needs list against my will?!