Embracing the Unexpected - Parenting a Child With Special Needs - Review by Lauren S. Smith

There's Something About Daniel - http://www.robynstecher.com/

There's Something About Daniel: A journey with my son through complexity, life and love, written by Robyn Stecher, is both candid and compelling - a story of a mother's love and how she embraces the unexpected arrival of a child with special needs. Stecher never allowed the challenges that Daniel's life presented to cause either of them suffer.

Instead, Stecher continued to pursue a career in the highly competitive world of entertainment and eventually became one of the most sought after entertainers in movies and television. Stecher's journey was peppered by other traumatic incidents in her life including a ruined marriage, loss of a sister to cancer, the challenges of returning to work after her son's birth and parenting Daniel - special needs and all.

Failure wasn't an option for Stecher and she continued to persevere in a most remarkable and successful way. There's Something About Daniel is the story of how a new mother opens her heart and mind to a special needs child. The stories in the book demonstrate a mother's unwavering love for her child and faith as strong as a rock that the future would hold happiness for them both.

The reader will follow Daniel through the early years of learning to walk, his adventures on the playground, in school and as a young man as he copes with the challenges of life. Always at his side is his mother, who champions his every cause and only sees what Daniel can do rather than what he can't accomplish.

Stecher says in There's Something About Daniel, "From the first time I laid eyes on my son, I saw only possibilities...I was willing to embrace the unexpected, and have faith - in that for which there was no evidence. The quote is confirmation of the mindset that carried Stecher through the daunting, yet unknown, tasks ahead of her when Daniel was born.

There's Something About Daniel is a read that anyone can thoroughly enjoy and find inspiration, motivation and knowledge about living life with a child who has special needs and challenges. The book is filled with the essays of life experiences that she and Daniel shared and truly captures the spirit of who this remarkable woman is.

In reading the book, the message comes across that God must have ultimately chosen Robyn Stecher to be Daniel's mom. Her love for Daniel was endless as was her willingness to climb the highest mountain or swim the deepest sea for her child. Her main goals for Daniel was that he fulfill his true potential by become a strong and capable man and would leave the world a better place.

There's Something About Daniel: A journey with my son through complexity, life and love, is a remarkable story about two remarkable people who truly will leave our world a better place.

Lauren Smith is editor for the Virtual Book Review Network - http://www.virtualbookreviewnetwork.com reviews books by well known bestselling authors and books by soon to be recognized names. For more information, visit: http://VirtualBookReviewNetwork.com. This review covers http://www.robynstecher.com/ There's Something About Daniel by Robyn Stecher.

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