To The Parent Who Said People With a Chronic Illness Are Too Difficult To Work With

Subject: To The Parent Who Said People With a Chronic Illness Are Too Difficult To Work With
From: "That Mom"
Date: 25 Jun 2016

It's been a long year. Life just isn't the same when dealing with multiple incurable chronic illnesses while taking care of a young chlld, living with his bipolar father who can ignore me for months at a time, dealing with the death of my mother who was the central figure in my life, and realizing that everyone around vanished while I was grieving.
There aren't many choices out there for a stay-at-home mom with debilitating physical issues in addition to severe social anxiety, recently diagnosed ADD and a history of depression. When my son entered first grade, I thought it would be a great idea to join the PTA to try and conquer some fears, and hopefully make some adult friends too. That of course, is another story in itself. This letter is not to a group of people, but to you, Margaret*. We are all trying to make a difference in our children's lives, even if that means practically working a full time job volunteering to create a school-wide event for the kids.
The powers that be on the PTA determined that every event needed two people to chair it. You helped so much last year, and having a type A personality completely opposite than mine helped even things out. I chose you. I chose you to assist me with an event which I brought to the school, carefully crafted each and every document, and spent countless hours creating templates to help guide the flow.
Unfortunately, the major downfall of this decision was naively assuming someone working in the heath care field would be empathetic and sympathetic to these unfortunate burdensome issues.

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