mamabunny
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 11, 2012
One last thing to consider...
...YOU - and your husband - need a bit of "respite". You may or may not realize it, but the demands of being a caretaker for anyone who is medically fragile - regardless of your relationship to them - are enormous. You take a hit physically and emotionally.
Add in the fact that this little person is your child, who you love with all your heart, and it can seem at times to be unbearable.
I understand exactly why you want the family "alone" time. You want to feel "normal". You want to feel like every other family you will see at Disney World.
I would encourage you to look at your schedule differently; instead of trying to go two whole days "alone" (without Grandma), perhaps consider re-arranging your trip so that you create "pockets" of family time, and maybe even "pockets" of just Mommy-Daddy time. Or just Mommy-Son time!
And I want you to know something... There really is no "normal". Anyone who appears "normal" is just someone you don't know well yet! We all have *something* about us that is "different". Something that sets us apart.
"Normal" is just a setting on the washing machine.
Have a wonderful trip - maybe bring along a friend for Grandma too! and don't worry about being "normal".
...YOU - and your husband - need a bit of "respite". You may or may not realize it, but the demands of being a caretaker for anyone who is medically fragile - regardless of your relationship to them - are enormous. You take a hit physically and emotionally.
Add in the fact that this little person is your child, who you love with all your heart, and it can seem at times to be unbearable.
I understand exactly why you want the family "alone" time. You want to feel "normal". You want to feel like every other family you will see at Disney World.
I would encourage you to look at your schedule differently; instead of trying to go two whole days "alone" (without Grandma), perhaps consider re-arranging your trip so that you create "pockets" of family time, and maybe even "pockets" of just Mommy-Daddy time. Or just Mommy-Son time!
And I want you to know something... There really is no "normal". Anyone who appears "normal" is just someone you don't know well yet! We all have *something* about us that is "different". Something that sets us apart.
"Normal" is just a setting on the washing machine.
Have a wonderful trip - maybe bring along a friend for Grandma too! and don't worry about being "normal".