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		<title>Life-altering addition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
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(This is a post from WebGrrrl.net) Welcoming a new child into the family makes me feel like I have to re-learn how to be a mother again. However, since I did it twice already (my firstborn doesn&#8217;t count, I didn&#8217;t have to re-learn anything ), I had thought that the &#8230;]]></description>
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<p>Welcoming a new child into the family makes me feel like I have to re-learn how to be a mother again. However, since I did it twice already (my firstborn doesn&#8217;t count, I didn&#8217;t have to re-learn anything <img src='http://webgrrrl.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  ), I had thought that the re-learning would be less hard, and I would be more prepared with dealing with it.</p>
<p><a title="Edry Loel Dony by ltimbah, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1051/4724110185_e476e3a2ba_m.jpg" alt="P1030414" width="240" height="180" align="left" /></a> Nothing would have prepared me with Edry. He came into my world on 19 June, about 20 days earlier than his due date. He came out of my womb, shrieking like my other 3 sons had. He was healthy. And he was different. <a href="http://blogofrugrats.com/2010/07/04/welcome-to-our-world-edry.htm">He has Down syndrome</a>.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not about re-learning to be a mother anymore. It&#8217;s about re-learning to live my life, and <a href="http://blogofrugrats.com/2010/08/02/not-much-emotions-here.htm">looking at my life in a whole different angle</a>. Some days are fine, some days are questionable. <a href="http://webgrrrl.tumblr.com/post/889076392/god-works-in-mysterious-ways">I&#8217;m learning and coping with this reality one day at a time</a>. Actually, that&#8217;s not entirely correct. I can&#8217;t handle it one day at a time. But I can take it, one task at a time.</p>
<p>Blogging-wise, I&#8217;m not sure where this will go. Priorities have changed. Expectations are different. I know I will still blog, but not the way I used to. But maybe&#8230; this is just another task that I will need to tackle, when the time comes.</p>
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