{"id":141569,"date":"2023-01-11T09:49:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T14:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/?p=141569"},"modified":"2023-01-11T09:49:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T14:49:27","slug":"gratitude-in-the-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/mydsstory\/gratitude-in-the-hard","title":{"rendered":"Gratitude, in the Hard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome back to the GiGi’s Blog, Beth Craver<\/a>! We are so thankful for her story telling talents and how she always brings a great insight. This month she is sharing about gratitude. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the world of special needs, it is easy to get bogged down by woes and worries.\u00a0 It is a hard life.\u00a0 Between health scares, a sometimes cruel world, and the comparison to typical children, it is clear why one might be inclined to throw themself a pity party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in my experience, everything hard is worth it, and there are many gifts in a life rich with challenges.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my humble opinion, I am so grateful for what a life with Down syndrome has taught me that I\u2019m not sure I would pluck that extra chromosome from Judah if I had the chance.\u00a0 Sure it would make his life easier, and I would LOVE to know what goes on in his beautiful brain, but there really is so much to be grateful for.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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For every time we need to head to the doctor, there is a heavenly nurse who loves on our child with abandon.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For every hardship with academics, there are teachers modifying and differentiating so that Judah can access the information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For every long day on vacation pushing Judah in his chair, there are theme parks that know that we need to go first because Judah doesn\u2019t understand waiting.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For every ignorant human who uses the \u2018r-word’, there are social media accounts dedicated to the beauty of differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For every difficulty people with Down syndrome have getting a job, there are families creating their businesses to make space in the world for the people they love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For every typical activity and sport that Judah cannot participate in, there are people like GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Centers <\/a>offering free programming and a community that gets it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For every mega-meltdown,\u00a0 there is Judah\u2019s magnificent morning giggle that steals my heart every time.<\/p>\n\n\n

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For every time Judah elopes, and I must chase him down the road, there are a million sweet kisses and hugs that he hands out happily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For every time I get jumped on and feel like Judah will break my back, he matches my morning downward dog on the yoga mat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And for every time I misunderstand his needs, we can connect with no words at all.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Gratitude is not the absence of hard. It is treating troubles as a blip and actively seeking out the good in your life. When you do this, you train your brain to seek out more.\u00a0 Gratitude is a choice, and life with Judah makes it an easy one.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Thank you Beth, sharing! If you would like to share a story please visit the #MyDsStory <\/a>page and submit today. We believe that everyone has a story to tell and your is important. This is one way we can change the way people view Down syndrome and we can not wait to feature yours! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gratitude is not the absence of hard. It is treating troubles as a blip and actively seeking out the good in your life. When you do this, you train your brain to seek out more.\u00a0 Gratitude is a choice, and life with Judah makes it an easy one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":141571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[918],"tags":[12,64,29,6,15],"class_list":["post-141569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mydsstory","tag-abilities","tag-acceptance","tag-down-syndrome-awareness","tag-down-syndrome-syracuse-new-york","tag-syracuse-new-york"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}