I am Francesca and this blog is something that I have been thinking about for a long time but I have to admit that I’m a little bit nervous about the whole process of sharing. I’m not a professional therapist or an expert on parenting. I don’t have a doctorate degree in anything. I’m nobody really, just a girl that met a boy in college and fell in love. I’m just a girl that was hoping for a white picket fence and a happily ever after. I’m just a mother of three children, one with special needs, each of whom has helped me find myself in one way or another. I’m just a teacher who has spent 16 years working with children with disabilities and their parents. I’m not sure if I can admit to being a writer but over the past 24 years I have tried to record my feelings and experiences in various ways to help me cope with the world around me. This story is about surviving the ups and downs of marriage, journeying in and out of faith, battling through depression and learning to live with sometimes overwhelming guilt. But mostly it’s about finding the strength to make it through the toughest parts of life and learning that sometimes you just have to let things go……..