On the first day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me:
a child with a disability.

On the second day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me:
a heart full of love for my child with a disability.

On the third day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me:
an ache in my heart and a heart full of love for my child with a
disability.

On the fourth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me:
a tear in my eyes, an ache in my heart and a heart full of love formy
child with a disability.

On the fifth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me:
an unsuspected strength for the tear in my eyes and the ache in myheart
and my heart full of love for my child with a disability.

On the sixth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me:
a ray of hope, an unsuspected strength for the tear in my eyes andthe
ache in my heart and my heart full of love for my child with a
disability.

On the seventh day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me:
a sense of humor, a ray of hope, an unsuspected strength for the tearin
my eyes and the ache in my heart and my heart full of love for mychild
with a disability.

On the eighth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me:
supportive friends, a sense of humor, a ray of hope, an unsuspected
strength for the tear in my eyes and the ache in my heart and myheart
full of love for my child with a disability.

On the ninth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me:
remarkable teachers, supportive friends, a sense of humor, a ray of
hope, an unsuspected strength for the tear in my eyes and the ache inmy
heart and my heart full of love for my child with a disability.

On the tenth day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me:
an appreciation of small accomplishments, remarkable teachers,
supportive friends, a sense of humor, a ray of hope, an unsuspected
strength for the tear in my eyes and the ache in my heart and myheart
full of love for my child with a disability.

On the eleventh day of Christmas, the good Lord gave to me:
a sense of pride, an appreciation of small accomplishments,remarkable
teachers, supportive friends, a sense of humor, a ray of hope, an
unsuspected strength for the tear in my eyes and the ache in my heart
and my heart full of love for my child with a disability.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, the good Lord said to me:
Reach out and share your sense of pride, your appreciation of small
accomplishments, your remarkable teachers, your supportive friends,your
sense of humor, your ray of hope, your unsuspected strength for thetear
in your eyes and the ache in your heart and your heart full of lovefor
your child with a disability.

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