Shane's Notebook

In writing this, it sounds like it’s all about me, but it’s not. I acknowledge that it is only my limited perspective. At this moment, however, that’s all I have to give. Please excuse the “mom-centric” speak of the following.

My life has been changed in many profound ways through my children. The changes they brought allowed me to participate in and observe many facets of the human existence – everything from joy, hope, and wonder at their sudden entrance to pain, desperation, and anger at their slow and suffering twilight. These extremes of the change spectrum made me who I am today – for better, and for worse, as exemplified by the choices I have made. Yet, for the better, I have experienced all the aspects of raising a child, attending to their special needs, and strenuously advocating for their survival, care, and basic rights.