Wednesday, June 4, 2014

The Road to Independence

It's a long and winding road....."Beatles"

I have a secret.  Everyone thinks that I'm such a great parent raising my daughter with cerebral palsy to be as independent as possible.  Well, in this case, great parent means selfish.  There are a lot of selfish reasons that I want Kay to be independent.  I want the child-free life that my friends with typical kids (kids who can feed, toilet and dress themselves) are experiencing in their 50's.  I want an empty nest and time to have that second career or travel and rediscover my relationship with my husband.  There I said it and I'm glad!  There is another song out there with the line, "when is it my time to decide?"  

So, who exactly is on that road to independence?  Kay or me?