"You have to roll with the punches,” said Hayden Lake resident Stacey Sprock as she prepared for a job interview on Oct. 29, 2012. Stacey has four children, each with special needs. She and her husband separated in 2008. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) See Kathy's slideshow of the Sprock family here.

Meet Stacey Sprock. She’s a mom doing the best she can with a life that may seem impossible to fathom. Unemployed and separated from her husband, Sprock is raising four children in a rental house in Hayden Lake. Her youngest son is disabled from birth defects that will keep him dependent on others his whole life. It was only in recent years, however, that Sprock learned each of her children has a developmental disorder or life-changing condition – a result of coincidence, not genetics or environmental causes, as far as anyone can determine. “I still feel there’s something out there that’s not answered, but I’m to that point I don’t know how to get that answer anymore,” she said. “It seems like I’ve done every test I’ve read about”/Scott Maben, SR. More here.

Question: Are their any special needs children in your family? How have they enriched you?