As I was finding out more and more about Maryam's condition while I was pregnant with her, the more stressed and worrisome I became. A month before I gave birth to her, I sought help from a therapist. We spoke about how she could counsel me after Maryam's birth and help me emotionally along the way. We also spoke of strategies to heal my current worries and anxieties. Little did I know that Maryam alone would end up ridding me of these anxieties. The reason I asked for help became my actual treatment. Maryam has built me up emotionally in ways above my own capacity and has healed personal anxieties, many of which I thought would never escape me. Today, Maryam is my counselor and therapist in every meaning of the words.
