Invited—When Your Child With Special Needs Gets A Birthday Invitation
She tore open the envelope and exclaimed wide eyed, “I party!”
“I so happy,” she said while I cried big, sobby tears.
“Mummy sad?” she asked, looking concerned.
No my sweet girl. I’m not sad. I’m thrilled for you. You deserve so much—fun and parties and all the great things that come with having friends who love you, for you.
I want to tell this *mother, the one who sent the invitation, how much this means. I’m sure she has no idea. Avery has carried the invitation around with her all morning and won’t put it down. And now she wants to go out, like right now, and buy her friend a “bir-day pwsent.”
The happiness on this child’s face and the excitement pulsing through her body reminds me, because sometimes I forget, that life is truly a celebration.
Party on big girl.
*I sent the mom an email to explain how much this invitation meant to us and to sincerely thank her. I also hugged her (hard and possibly a tiny bit too long) at the party.
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