I have 6, soon to be 7 or 8, children. Several of my children have significant special needs. What I find to be my greatest problem is the isolation. Because two of my children in particular cannot behave in public it makes it difficult for us to have a life outside of our home. We dearly miss going to church. My oldest two children attend a local church, but there has been no outreach to the rest of the family at all and that reallyu saddens me because it's not the first church this has happened with.
I guess all of this is to say that, for me personally, I would love it if someone just called every now and again to see if I was still alive.
I love my kids and I love being here with them, but it does get lonely sometimes not having an adult to talk with. Also, there have been times where we had emergencies and no one to turn to. It would be nice to be able to call someone and know that they could come and be with the kids for a time in such cases.