A Father, His Family, and His Special Needs Son

Today I was watching a movie during which the main character asks his father, “was life this hard for you?” The father answered, “yes! I wouldn’t have had it any other way!” Between taking care of kids, growing my businesses, and working with 8 different medical professionals to help my special needs son, how many times have I thought about just how hard life is? I can only hope to have the faith of this father, and endure with such strength and gratitude,  so that when my child asks, “Dad, was life this hard for you?” I can respond, “Yes! I wouldn’t have had it any other way!” All of us, in any circumstance have a Father in Heaven who we can ask these words to. We had a Savior in Gethsemane, kneel down and go through every experience necessary, so that when we ask “Was life this hard for you?” He can respond, “Yes! I wouldn't have it any other way!  For I AM the way.”

It’s 6:30am. I have one task to accomplish. I need to meal plan for the week. It shouldn’t take longer than 5-10 minutes.        I sit down to meal plan when suddenly my one-year-old, Andrew, falls down and hits his head. I pick him up and comfort him, then put him in his high chair and ask my daughter, Lauren, to feed him.       I sit down again to meal plan, when my special needs son Samuel, comes up to me, having pooped in his diaper and needs to be cleaned up. After taking care of him and setting him on his way, I look over and Lauren has spilled the food I asked her to feed Andrew. I clean up the food, finish feeding Andrew, and get him down from his high chair.        I sit down again to meal plan, when my middle child, Jonathan, decides to make his own oatmeal. Andrew sees the opportunity he’s been waiting for, and sprints to the oatmeal container with a toddler speed reserved only for moments where he knows he is about to do something he shouldn’t, and is dumping a fistf