I put forth the difficult times, too, lest people reading my Sparkle stories think that I have a naturally occurring sunshine child who never causes any grief except saying cute, obscure things that are hard to parse.

I've had folks tell me, after hearing or reading all my "cute" Sparkle stories, how "easy" I have it.

It does take being strong. But I still feel guilt over putting her on the bike, and triggering her when all I was trying to do was help.