Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
As I was getting ready this morning it crossed my mind AGAIN that Taylor will be entering her last year of High School and Jorden & Erin will be entering their last year in middle school. Wow! It’s really happening…..they are growing up! If there ever was a time that my children should be filmed it should be the next year. I have so many questions about the future and feel that I will be entering a whole new territory. Next year, Taylor will become an adult and will be graduating from High School. This is why I often discuss her education more than the other two, since we are entering such an important milestone. Even the thought of this brings tears to my eyes. She is so small, and so immature, yet such an important presence in this World that I want to make sure that she is given the best possible chance to live a life full of joy, love, independence, and self-worth.
Her IEP (Individualized Education Program) is scheduled for next Tuesday. I really wish that the teachers who work with her could see the accomplishments that she has made, could feel the joy I have, could know the tough times, could know everything a parent who has a child with special needs goes through. If only I could give them special glasses to look through for a brief moment. 
I wouldn’t want them to have those glasses for too long…because I want them to have high expectations for her (even more than I do!!) Those special glasses would allow them to see past her drool, her awkward gait, her delay in cognition, and her crooked teeth AND then see the smile that lights up the room, her uncanny sense of humor, her friendly demeanor, and her gift to capture people behind a camera. They would see the gifts that God has given her and as her teacher they would focus on these gifts to teach her and to help guide her to be the person she was made to be. This might allow them to see how important their job is to me and my children. As a Special Education Teacher myself, I take my job really serious and know how blessed I am to be able to do it!
Tomorrow after work at 3:30 I have a meeting with my advocate to review Taylor’s IEP to discuss where we believe Taylor’s education should be focused on within the next year. Then, early Friday morning, before work…I will be meeting Taylor’s Teacher that is her assigned case manager (she constructs the IEP) to go over with her what I would like to see in the IEP before the actual meeting on Tuesday.
Right now…I am feeling a lot of pressure and pray every day that I am doing the right things for my children and hope that God will provide me with the answers for their future.
Until Next Time,
E
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