“My son was actually upset with me,” Iris told us this week. Why was he upset? Because he felt less loved than his brother and sister were. Everything was harder for 20-year-old Yotam who grew up struggling with many disabilities. He sadly said to his mother, “You don’t notice my efforts, how hard I’m trying.” 

Can you imagine your child telling you such a thing, Iris asked us. How could you possibly respond? Such painful, honest words from your child who’d often battled with deep depression. It landed like a dart in her heart. But Iris wanted – she desperately wanted – her son to feel heard. To feel lovingly listened to. This wasn’t at all how she felt, but it was how he felt. So, swallowing the huge lump in her throat, she tearfully beheld........

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