What did I do to deserve this?

What did I do to deserve a kid with special needs?

What did I do to deserve a kid that cannot express himself well enough to have a conversation?

What did I do to deserve a kid who cannot reciprocate my feelings of love?

What did I do to deserve a kid who can only think literally, a kid who never "gets" a joke, a kid who can never think "outside the box" or understand an idiom unless it is explained to him?

What did I do to deserve a kid that cannot empathize or sympathize with others, a kid who will never be able to see someone else’s perspective?

What did I do to deserve a kid that was so hard to potty train; a kid who wet the bed until he was as tall as I am?

What did I do to deserve a kid who cannot brush his own teeth or bathe himself without help?

What did I do to deserve all the doctor bills and therapy appointments that come with a child with special needs?

What did I do to deserve all the early morning wake ups and middle of the night interruptions?

What did I do to deserve a kid with irrational fears and unexplainable obsessions?

What did I do to deserve a kid whose diet is so limited I can list what he will eat on a very small piece of paper?

What did I do to deserve a kid that cannot make a new friend or maintain a friendship?

What did I do to deserve a kid who needs a special education teacher and his own one-on-one paraprofessional to be able to go to public school?

What did I do to deserve a kid who is a second or third grader on the inside, a sixth grader in age, and taller than all the adults in his life? 

What did I do to deserve all the lessons he has taught me?

What did I do to deserve all the friends I have made and the relationships I have ONLY because of him?

What did I do to deserve all the laughter?

What did I do to deserve a heart that swells with love every time I look at my special kid? 

I am so glad that God does not give us what we really deserve because if He did, I would never have been entrusted to care for and love a child as special as mine. 

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