A Parent Just Doing Her Best



A Parent Just Doing Her Best ©
(In honor of Crystal a dedicated parent)
Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.
July 23, 2022

Hero? No, I do not think so
Super-human………..tell that to her body and brain!
Exhausted mother fighting with every sinew in her soul
Just to barely maintain and stay sane
You see caring for a young adult these days
With multiple and profound special needs
Can drain you dry and make you cry
Sometimes your heart and spirit just bleeds
But each day you wake you love again
Hope motivates your soul
You hug your child, you advocate
Once again you’re on a roll
You fight for help, you fight for support
You fight, you fight, you fight!
Why can’t it just be easier?
Lord know that’s just not right!
But love is a mighty powerful force
And your child is your child is your child
No matter the disability
For that child brings monumental pride
Others might stare………not understand
But you know the bottom line
This is your child, nobody is perfect
And for you that’s perfectly fine

About this poem

Honoring a parent of a young adult with multiple disabilities just trying to do her best.

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Written on July 23, 2022

Submitted by shulman.gary on July 23, 2022

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Scheme XXXA XBCBXDADXCXCXEXEXXXXXFXF
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,007
Words 191
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 24

Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.

Gary Shulman, MS. Ed. has spent a lifetime supporting vulnerable families and children. He began his career working with children with and without disabilities in an inclusive Head Start program in Brooklyn NY. He then transitioned to become the Special Needs and Early Childhood Coordinator for the Brooklyn Children's Museum for 10 years. His passion for advocacy grew as he worked more and more with parents of children with disabilities. For over 24 years he passionately advocated for the needs of these parents as the Social Services and Training Director for Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. in NYC. The last 8 years of his working life, Mr. Shulman served as a private Special Needs Consultant conducting hundreds of training sessions throughout NYC and beyond to help parents and professionals find and access the services and systems required to facilitate maximizing the potential of their children with disabilities. Now Mr. Shulman is happily retired in Palm Springs CA, but still volunteers his time any way he can to provide information to those in need of his expertise. Today, Gary enjoys sharing his poetry that he passionately writes with the goal of leaving this world a better place one word at a time. more…

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  • Dougla$Irishman
    A gut wrenching poem about a mother's love !
    That special bond that only originates from a mother.
    The growth of the child depends on the mother !
    A very important poem for all !
    LikeReply1 year ago
    • shulman.gary
      Thank you for that very touching feedback about my poem. I really appreciate your thoughts and reaction.
      LikeReply1 year ago

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