Introductions

Hello.
My name is Alicia. I am an 18 year old girl who has two younger siblings & a parent with special needs. Maybe not special needs in the sense that most think, but special needs none the less. This blog is in response to a book I was given to read by my brother's therapist called, Being The Other One: Growing Up with a Brother or Sister Who Has Special Needs by Kate Strohm. I started reading this book a year ago & have still yet to finish it because it's extremely difficult to read about people just like me who have lived the same way I have & describe exactly how I feel.
This blog is not going to be super heavy, it's not going to be depressing. This blog will be about how I cope with being surrounded by family members who struggle to function normally with their lives. I love them each & my siblings especially are growing & learning how to cope themselves. This is not a blog that is going to complain, or look down upon those with special needs, I personally believe that everyone is the same, we just have different obstacles to overcome. So, if you would like, follow me on my path to finding peace with the world I live in. Here's to the one's we love who have a harder life than anyone should have to live.