Living in Reality

Thanks so much for sharing this with us. It is so easy to think that learning is only in the classroom and once you leave the classroom everything will be so much easier, but we all know that this is just not true and we continue to learn (and in the case of LD) struggle with learning every day of life.

You should be proud of yourself and all that you have accomplished. I know this is hard, but think about how little you knew 3.5 years ago and how much you have improved since then. It may take you longer, but you will get there!

Eileen

I think you are so brave. I always tell my son you must never measure your intelligence by how long it takes you to learn something, but by the fact that you actually learned it.  Of course, it is difficult to face that you have to work harder than others to learn certain things. I know this in itself is a struggle. But, you have something that others don't easily come by. Character. It takes character to perservere to learn something that comes much easier for someone else. What I mean by character is honesty, courage, integrity and dignity. It takes backbone to face up to a problem you have, being honest with yourself and others, not pretending that it does not exist. It takes courage and integrity to not give up but rather persevere through your hardships. A person like this has great dignity, even moreso than someone who hardly has to try to learn the same thing.

Perhaps your LD is going to help others in the future as they face hardships in their lives. You will be able to understand and help them through. As I read your blogs and the blogs of others who struggle I gain courage for my own son. I pass it on to him.

Your stuggles are not in vain.