Motherhood is about raising and celebrating the child you have, not the child you thought you would have. It's about understanding that he is exactly the person he is supposed to be. And that, if you're lucky, he just might be the teacher who turns you into the person you are supposed to be.
The Water Giver: The Story of a Mother, a Son, and Their Second Chance (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2009) - ISBN: 9781416584001