This week while on my walk, I spotted this turkey vulture perched on a rooftop — a bird most people call ugly. But something about him stopped me. Regal. Still. Completely unbothered by the world’s opinions. And it made me think about how much of life — especially as a special-needs parent and a woman in midlife — requires us to look twice. To find the beauty in places others overlook. To see strength in the stories that don’t look perfect from the outside. Raising a child with disabilities teac