The effort it takes to keep any friendship going strong when you're a SEN parent is undeniably immense.
Today I met up with my best friend. She lives two hours away. She was chief bridesmaid at our wedding, we are god parents to each others children and yet we hardly ever see each other. The effort and logistical planning it took to see each other day was ever so slightly bonkers.
Between us we needed to find a day when kiddo was with K after school, my god son was in nursery (we actually wanted to catch up over lunch 🤣), the baby had to have napped, the dog had to have been walked, I needed to find money for petrol from somewhere and both of us had to have slept and not be ill or in an appointment. As my friend put it, "if we manage this it will be a Christmas miracle". 🤣🤣🤦🏻♀️🎄 But after the amazing K found childcare for her 3 sick children (I love you so much K!), after I had robbed Peter to pay Paul for petrol money (I'll pay the bills account back asap) and after everyone else in the entire world had had their needs taken care of (🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️), we managed it!!! We met up for lunch!
But us SEN parents can do all the logistical planning we want to, it doesn't work without a friend who understands how unpredictable, tiring, stressful, overwhelming and all consuming SEN parenting is.
Thanks so much for lunch today J, we flippin did it!!! #autism #asd #adhd #spd #sensoryprocessingdisorder #learningdisability #autismspectrum #autismblog #blogger #mummyblogger #amateurwriter #parentcarer #parent #carer #neurotypicalmum #autisticson #disability #invisibledisability #SEND #specialed #myworld #autismdiaries #meettheSENparent #specialneedsparenting #SENDblog