Respite for the family of a child with disabilities is a godsend for family relations.
Eungella, 70 kilometres or so west of Mackay in Queensland is truly a wonderland of beauty - valley views right to the ocean, gorgeous rainforest complete with orchids dripping from the trees, waterfalls, platypus viewing ..... and leeches!
We recently spent a weekend at home without our little weenie kid and partied hard!
My husband and I can go out. I can choose what I want to do for the day and I get an extra 2-3 hours of leisure simply because I don't have to sit next to her and help her feed herself.
Our children can have friends over without answering endless questions like "What's wrong with her? Why can't she talk? Why does she walk like that?" or simply dismissing the shocked look on their friend's faces the first time they meet her as a method of defense. They are weary of filling in the details and wary of new friends' reaction.
The past weekend was heavenly.
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