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Written by Karen Taylor-Good and Lisa Aschmann and performed by Karen Taylor-Good - Join our Community at:

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The proceeds of the song will go to two schools that help support those that are in need of support through private funding.

Please visit the http://www.hwhrecords.com site to learn more about the work that is so important to so many children.

The album "The Life That's Chosen Me" is available for organizations to use for fund raising needs for special needs.

Please contact HwHRecords for more information http://www.hwhrecords.com

Thank you!

The Life That's Chosen Me (written by Karen Taylor-Good and Lisa Aschmann)

We had such expectations, we would soon be giving birth
To the next Chopin, the next Einstein, the greatest child on earth
And we'd be the perfect family, soon we'd have the perfect kid
We'd never have a challenge or a problem, God forbid
Oh but Life had different plans, so I need for you to understand

Don't desert me, don't ignore
I need friends now more than I ever did before
Show compassion but please don't pity me
I'm a parent just like you, it's true
But I have special needs

I need you to notice that my life's different from yours
I need you not to judge me, don't condemn and don't keep score
I'd love an extra pair of hands, or just a hug or two
I need you to acknowledge that I carry more than you
Got the world here on my back, so I just thought I would ask

Don't desert me, don't ignore
I need friends now more than I ever did before
What you take for granted comes so hard for me
I'm a parent just like you, it's true
But I have special needs

I need answers, I need help, it's so much work
And a miracle or two sure wouldn't hurt

Don't desert me, don't ignore
I need friends now more than I ever did before
It's not the life that I'd have chosen, but it's the life that's chosen me
I'm a parent just like you, it's true
But I have special needs

I need you to listen, I need you to care
I need your understanding, I need you just to be there
I need your friendship, maybe a hug or two
Oh God I need a miracle.........

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  • God Bless all of the mothers of special needs children !!

  • i was 18 when i got pregnant, not ready for a healthy baby much less a special needs baby, but God showed me i was strong enough, & this song, i listen to it everyday, it helps me so much! sometimes all i need is a hug or someone tell me they love me. my friends left me, after i had her. i need them now more than ever!! IMA PARENT JUS LIKE U, BUT I HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS!!!!

    i love this song!!!!

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  • I have 2 learing disabltes dysgraiha and dysclia I am 20 and i love dolls so don't look at me or stare because it makes me feel bad i am not perfect but no one is

  • This song is BEAUTIFUL and really touched me and my husband. Thank you for recording it!! We have a daughter who gave birth to a baby 15 weeks early. Their lives have not been easy and very few people really understand. My grandson spent 7 months in the NICU and had 11 surgeries. He has chronic lung disease, a trach and a feeding tube, but he is our little miracle. We thank God for him every day.

  • Bawling as I listen. I did choose to adopt my little guys but they so bless me and you are right, I am the one with speical needs, theya re perfect :)

  • Very good song i need to give this to my good friend whos the special ed cordinator for school my son is ADHD and its just has hard but hes special to so many with a soft heart

  • I would like to thank Karen Taylor-Good and Lisa Aschmann for writing this touching song. As someone who grew up with a mild case of Aspergers, it felt touching to me to hear a song that highlighted the people that care for special needs children. Thank you.

  • The spectrum us broad; the needs are unending! Thanks!

  • This is such a beautiful song. It is so uplifting. I am a mom to a special needs baby girl. She is one year old and has Holoprosencephaly (HPE). She has beaten every doctors diagnosis. She is our miracle baby.

  • Wow....boy did I cry......I have a now 5 yr old whom was born at 23 weeks.....He has CP..shunted......seizures.....­some eyesight issues....the lists goes on.....but I am soooooo proud to be his mom.....from the day he was born he has given me a totally different outlook on live

  • i love this song, it makes me feel so srong!

    i was just 16 when i had my daughter who has cerebral palsy 2 years on were going stong and she is progressing to the best of her ability and i am so proud of her <3 xx

  • this song explains my life so brilliantly, i share it on FB often and use it to let others know how i feel being the mother of a special needs child.

    i just wish there was somewhere i could buy it...

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