Do you have Joy raising your DS child?

[Guest guest]

Do you have Joy raising your DS child? Have you had it from the beginning? Did

it take awhile to come; if so how long? If you don't have it, do you feel

guilty for not having it (I do)?

I have had so much JOY raising my first three children.

I have had little, to no Joy, raising my youngest with DS. The start of life

with heart surgeries, and knowing that her heart still isn't right, etc. hasn't

helped. There has been a lot of sorrow surrounding her. She is monitored,

every 6 months, for the moment when congestive heart failure returns. It isn't

just the surgeries though. There are many very difficult parts of life that I

am able to deal with on an emotional level; disabilities isn't one of them. It

has always been my greatest challenge emotionally.

So if you have joy, would you care to share when it came about and how you found

it with the challenges of DS.

God Bless.

In Christ,

Carin