This girl.

This girl is the picture of resilience, the epitome of strength, and the hardest working kid I know.

She has overcome obstacle after obstacle to get where she is today.

When our medical team worried about her breathing on her own after birth, she got off the ventilator within 3 days. My fierce little 4 pound newborn was always a fighter.
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It’s IEP time again for us.

I sit at home with the re-evaluation report in front of me, but I can’t bring myself to read it. The thick pile of crisp pages waits for me, untouched.

But I am hesitant.

I am hesitant to read all the ways that my child is different.

I am hesitant to be reminded that she is not keeping up with her same-age peers.
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