Hi, has anyone read this?
What Happened to Normal by Lori Schur
is apparently about a mom whose child was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, and I was thinking of getting it for my mom for Christmas, as I was diagnosed as a child.
However , I hesitated when I read the summary/reviews. My mom and I had a very strained relationship regarding my T1D, especially when I grew into my teens. We/she did not build a community of T1D support through friends , events or anything. We did the JDRF walk a few times. But my mom was a super supportive /diligent mom with my t1d until I started pushing her away. She was a bit of a nag when I was a teen, and I was starving for independence , and also began rejecting my disease and ignoring it. My mom worried about me, and we had a very strained relationship. She wasn’t easy to talk to about the mental struggles I was facing with my diabetes and I have a lot of resentment that I think she is aware of.
So I fear this book may make her feel sad or regret ? I’m in my mid twenties , been diagnosed 15 years. I don’t want her to feel sad, or regret about not building a community for herself or me, or anything like that.
Do you think the book is a bad choice ? Or is it still a nice read that will maybe inspire feelings of validation for the struggles she herself faced as a mom of a t1d?
by hannah36910
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As someone who’s partially deaf and also didn’t have a community built I’d say this would depend on how sensitive your mom is about her regrets. Do I wish my mom made a few different choices and exposed me more to other disabled people? Sure. Do I feel like she should regret not giving me that exposure? No (and I hope she knows that)