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Why would an all caring, all loving God give a child a disability? 

Even with a modest, human sized, level of compassion how could any 'caring God' do that ... to anyone?

I do not have a religious background, however, I started looking into Christianity several years ago as a search for 'answers'.  This quest for answers was prior to Penny and I having children and yet, even when Daniel came along, there were still questions unanswered. 

There were stages of our lives where we thought the only light at the end of a tunnel was an oncoming train and we would often wonder, 'How are we going to get through this?', but we do and generally we find it all works out in the end.

We try and focus on the positives that come out of every situation.  In essence, we always look for the silver lining in every cloud. We don't deny the existence of the obstacles that are right in front of us, we just focus our minds on what is the good that will come from this opportunity.

I can only speak from my perspective, and I know your family situation is different, but there is one thing that is the same between you and me ... we have the ability to choose our response to every situation.  

'Swimming in the deep end' could easily be interpreted as a metaphor for something other than swimming ... however, in this case its not! ;-)

Have you been able to get your child in or near water? Does it terrify you that they would drown due to their inability to right themselves if they were in trouble?

All of these concerns plagued Penny and I, and for good reason. Even babies can drown in only a couple of inches of water, let alone young children (see my blog 'Complacency Kills').

As parents of children with a disability, we live life closer to 'the edge' than most, but what does it take to step off?

There was a news story recently where a father of three children drove onto one of the largest bridges in Melbourne, Australia, stopped the car, removed his four year old daughter from the car and dropped her over the edge, then drove off.

According to news reports, the parents were going through a custody battle and in the court the day before they had agreed to share custody of the children.