New Year, New Experiences

Everyone has those “before” and “after” moments in their lives. Mine involve the birth of my third child and nothing was ever the same again. My third son, Samuel, was born typical just like his elder brothers, Joshua and Zachariah. Unfortunately, Samuel was harmed by his 15th month MMR vaccine. He had an adverse reaction involving fever and the slow loss of many skills including speech.

 My life changed to doctor appointments, therapies, researching diseases and disorders for 60 hours per week. My son and I were met with discrimination and intolerance in many, many forms. Most from the very educational and medical “professionals” who were supposed to help us.

Many legal cases later and over a decade has passed, we are beginning to see a calm to the storm.  Samuel is in a much better place with individuals who care about him and he is telling us (by typing) his own unique novel thoughts. Mom finally has some time to herself and has chosen to write about those experiences and others hence the name 2ndchanceauthor!