New Bonds with old friends

A friend of ours who also has a child with medical issues visited with us for the first time yesterday. We both probably put this meeting off for a while as we felt anxiety about how all of our kids would receive one another and all of the hassle of giving meds, handling treatments, feedings, fussiness during this time. Well we finally did it and I am so happy about it. We never really knew each other intimately before this but we now share a bond like no one else we know. She understands! We share all of the "whys??", fears and concerns of a mother of a child with more unknown than most. We share that need to do everything in our power to fix it all. We share that social anxiety of introducing our children to a world of people who 'dont get it', sometimes including our own family and friends. We share nights of physical sleep but never really getting the mental restfullness required to do this job. We talked a lot but it was more the unspoken that bonds us. We GET each other. She's one strong mama too!
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