Aww! That was wonderful! I can't imagine that it wouldn't be chosen for publication, but here's some extra hope sent your way, just in case.

I think the part that stood out to me was the paragraph on how you refuse to be the TV movie saint. How many other parents would feel so much better if they allowed themselves to just say, "I want to walk away from all this," rather than suffering silently because they feel like they should suffer? If that makes sense...