My name is Karol and I am a stay-at-home mom, aged 42 with one 9 year-old dd. I had fertility treatment and repeated (4) miscarriages.

I lived in England the year I was 30 and in South Africa from ages 30-39. We have been back in the US for a little over 3 years.

I have been married 21 years in about a week. We have basically always lived on one income (six years of which we were also paying for graduate school and my teaching credential). I am an English teacher and taught school for five years before we left the States.

My daughter has sensory integration dysfunction, an emotional developmental delay, a speech delay and an auditory processing problem. She is mainstreamed in the public school, which provides the special services she requires. For any of you suffering with a toddler with sensory integration dysfunction that is sensory seeking and fits the profile of what I call a "tornado toddler", please take heart, it will get better.

My husband was a Bible college professor (that is what we were doing overseas). He has now switched to being a pastor. I am very glad to be back in the good old US of A. I will just say that after living in Europe for a year, "There are reasons why our ancestors left Europe." South Africa has such high crime rates (of which were repeated victims, but luckily, not of violent crime) that I am happy to be in a sleepy little town in which nothing happens. I am truly thankful to have been born in this country. My citizenship is an accident of birth, but I am so much more thankful for it after living in two other countries.

I think this is about my 50th post. I posted earlier in the special needs parenting section to introduce myself.

Hello Karol. I thought your name looked familiar!

Thank you for taking the time to introduce yourself. I'm glad you did. It was nice learning just a little more about you.

Seems to me we have a few forums that fit into the dynamics of your family life. Please continue to check them out. We welcome your input in the discussions!

Welcome Karol!

Nice to have you! You have a wonderful support system here on Mommysavers!

welcome, no wonder why I thought something was amiss. I thought the name was familiar.

allgirls

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allgirls, mom to 3 girls