I noticed her at the swimming pool with her son one afternoon, another mum just like me.
Her son with a disability, non-verbal and a neurological disorder, the details of which I am unsure, but I can see the struggle is real for this little family.
It is just mum and her son, dad is no longer in the picture. I have met them a few times, so therefore I know a little of their story. Parents of children with special needs have a bond with other parents, not through spoken words, but a deep knowing of the challenges we each face on a daily basis.
Our sons are both familiar with each other, from an earlier experience of participating in the early childhood development program a few years back, a program run for children with special needs.