{"id":6761,"date":"2023-05-24T13:15:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T17:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/?p=6761"},"modified":"2023-05-24T13:15:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T17:15:24","slug":"doubly-special-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ezermizion.org\/blog\/doubly-special-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Doubly Special part two"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ezer Mizion reaching out to hold their hands <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shimmy continues his story of coming to terms with the fact that they are now parents of two Downs babies.One of the members of the professional staff succeeded in touching the parents\u2019 hearts when she shared her personal experience with them. \u201cShe came over and told me that she herself is raising a child with Down syndrome,\u201d relates Shimmy. \u201cShe told us that the baby had been left in the ward; his parents couldn\u2019t raise him and they abandoned him in the hospital. \u2018You don\u2019t know what a treasure they lost,\u2019 she told them. \u2018He is such a lovable and loving child. Thanks to him, my life changed \u2014for the better! If his parents would have known what they are missing, they wouldn\u2019t have considered leaving him. They certainly would have done everything so that he could stay with them.\u2019\u2018As she was talking, another professional came over and teasingly informed me: \u2018Speak to your wife; I want to take them for myself\u2026\u2019 And he wasn\u2019t the only one. It\u2019s true that we had been in shock,\u201d he laughs, \u201cbut it never entered our minds to leave our children in the hospital. To those who suggested it, I made quite clear that this idea was not an option. All we needed was to understand what\u2019s going on here and what we need to do from now on.\u201cWe came home with two sweet little angels. No one will take the zechut <\/i>(merit) away from us and, yes, at that stage we understood very well, too, that no one will take from us the chovah \u2014 <\/i>the responsibility of raising these angels. In those days, we were most concerned by the chovah<\/i>. We never could have managed without Ezer Mizion with their myriad of programs ranging from respite care to guidance in so many areas, from trips to a caring shoulder to lean on when the going got rough. Today we see only the privilege <\/i>and the joy and look forward to sharing that joy with Ezer Mizion as we become familiar with their many programs for older children like clubs and summer camp<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u201cChildren with Down syndrome are warm, loving children, who return so much love that they are irresistible. Today I think that even a heart of stone would melt in the face of the warmth they radiate. From one day to the next, we fell in love with them more and more and more. We became attached to them to a degree that cannot be captured in words.\u201dAt this opportunity, he wants to convey an important message to parents wherever they may be:\u201cEvery parent has his own difficulties with children, particularly when they are Down syndrome. It\u2019s not easy and many people have a hard time accepting them with love. But I want to tell you one thing: It\u2019s all worth it.\u00a0 <\/span>In a big way!\u201d \u00a0<\/span>to be continued<\/span>\u00a0<\/p> <\/p>\n\n\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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