We are so excited to interview our 29 year old mother of two beautiful children – Casie Bracken
She is a strong woman with tremendous courage and great spirit! Let’s get to know her insights and spread the wings with her together to fly high.
So Casie, tell us…
Q: A bit more about your background if you feel comfortable.
A: I am 29 years old I have cerebral palsy. I have a loving husband we have been together for all most 8 years and we have been married for almost 2 years now. We have 2 kids, a 5-year-old daughter who has a duplication in her 11th chromosome, autism level 2, intellectual disability, and is nonverbal, I have a 7-month-old son who has started to walk aided with objects.
Q: What is the most rewarding part about being a mother?
A: My most rewarding part about being a mother can watch my children grow into happy healthy people and being able to teach them how to treat people right no matter how different they are.
Q: What are the most challenging times being a mother? And how did you cope with them?
A: The most challenging thing of being a mother is for me my cerebral palsy stop me from being able to do some task or activity the way I deal with them is by changing the way I do things.
Q: What is your biggest craving or pet peeve about being a parent?
A: My biggest pet peeve is not be able to communicate as well with my daughter I’m being able to have that mother-daughter bond
Q: What makes your children smile and laugh?
A: The things that make my kids laugh and smile is playing rough with them making funny faces being cheeky with them and silly and they love when mum and dad are silly and mucking around they love to join in.
Q: Words that describe your children?
A: Words to describe my children cheeky happy Full laughter and both smart in their way and incredible.
Q: Any standout memories of your children?
A: So far the most outstanding memories are from the day each of my kids was born every day is full of memories that I will cherish forever.
Q: How do you like to spend time together nowadays with your family?
A: While in Lockdown we like to watch a movie together, I love watching my kids play together and get along when we are not in Lockdown I take the kids out shopping/ activity or going to the park or going to a playgroup.
Q: Any great advice to your children when he/she becomes a parent?
A: The advice I would give to my children is to respect everyone equally the way you would like to be respectful, don’t take thing for granted and that you have to work for what you have.
Q: Being in your profession, what do you feel is the most interesting parts?
A: Every day interesting no day is the same because one of the kids learning to do something new or something else happens.
Q: What would you say that helped you to implement into your life with your profession?
A: The thing that has helped me implement is the way I was treated as a kid ( I was abused) and make sure that my kids do not grow up the same way and to make sure that they have a better upbringing.
Casie can be reached at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/casie.eagles.39 and Instagram https://instagram.com/casiebracken.
Thank you so much for your valuable time! Healthy Mum and Bub enjoy the inspiration you have brought to us, and we are sure everyone who has read this interview will be enlightened and encouraged to fight on as a warrior and endow our kids with great gifts – love, respect and diligence.
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