Does it get better?

About a year ago, I met a mother in Sweet and Sassy hair salon who had just given birth to a baby girl with Down Syndrome. Emma was getting her hair cut and the mom was there with her son getting his hair cut. I noticed that she kept looking at me and then at Emma. It was about the same time that I noticed a hospital bracelet on her wrist. She then approached me with tears in her eyes and asked, "Does it get better?" She then proceeds to tell me about her sweet baby girl and how she was born with Down Syndrome and is in the NICU. To ease her mind about her precious daughterm I told her to look at Emma who was then eating a lollipop and proudly getting her hair styled. I explained to her that Emma does everything a typical child does and that yes, it does get better. We are now good friends and have been great support for each other. I could relate to the question she asked because we spent so many heartaching days in the NICU when I would ask many people the same thing. There were days when we didn't know what we were facing with Emma's health and then on the days when things were calm we would begin to worry about Emma's future. It is okay to feel whatever you are feeling, but oh my goodness does it ever get better!! I can't imagine it any other way!