Oh, Dearest Mother, Sweetest Virgin of Altagracia, our Patroness. You are our Advocate and to you we recommend our needs. You are our Teacher and like disciples we come to learn from the example of your holy life. You are our Mother, and like children, we come to offer you all of the love of our hearts. Receive, dearest Mother, our offerings and listen attentively to our supplications. Amen.



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Maria B.
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Posted: Nov 16 2013 at 12:22pm | IP Logged Quote Maria B.

I have not posted for several years, but enjoy learning from all of you. I am looking for other moms with special needs adult children. My oldest of ten children is 26. She is a slow learner, but very high functioning. She finished high school at home, has since held several full/part time jobs, and lives at home. She is longing for some real friendships - female and male. This has always been a struggle for her. Either her friends have been much lower functioning than her. She's so lonely and struggling as she watches her younger siblings go off to college, have boyfriends ad girl friends and talk about marriage. I would be interested in talking with other families dealing with this. I would also be interested in connecting my daughter with any of your children who may be interested in forming a friendship. This is a lonely, tough walk.

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Posted: Nov 16 2013 at 1:02pm | IP Logged Quote SeaStar

Hi, Maria-

I am hoping some of our members will chime in here. It is so hard to be lonely and especially to watch our children feel lonely or left out.

I will pray for your dd to find good, true friends.

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Posted: Nov 16 2013 at 2:01pm | IP Logged Quote CrunchyMom

My brother is 28 and has cerebral palsy. He is high functioning, though I am not sure his physical limitations would allow him to manage a long distance friendship well. I so wish he had more local friends who would just stop by to see him! I can certainly ask if he is interested. He lives in Alabama. I know he struggles with this as well and is often lonely, living with my dad and spending most of his days at home. He is a very sweet soul, and while my family is not Catholic, he is a practicing Christian. We lost my mother 7 years ago, and it affected him greatly, and I think it could be good for him to have a friend who "needs" him.

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Posted: Nov 18 2013 at 10:53am | IP Logged Quote monica4patience

My middle son is 21; takes a few classes at the community college; and lives at home. He is bipolar and on autistic spectrum. He is developmentally delayed (about 13) but not officially diagnosed because of his higher IQ. He struggles with undiagnosed learning disabilities.

Because of the DD, he tends to befriend younger kids. There's a big group of neighbor boys who play together, including DS13. He is also making friends at school. that's a little more difficult to do outside of school because he doesn't drive.

We are currently looking into alternative housing options for him. He needs to learn more independence. When he's unstable he tends to fight with DS13 and cause lots of family strife!

Just letting you know there are families like yours out there. At this time our son is having no social problems and has many friends.

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