Easier?

I know life isn't easy, but could it be a little easier? Just every once in awhile? I'd even take every once in a long while.
We started meeting with an orthodontist over 2 years ago, suggested by our dentist. So 2 1/2 years later, with a mouth full of more teeth than he has room for, Porter is still not any closer to being a brace face. We have been ping ponged between his dentist, orthodontist and oral surgeon. It has been recommended that we pursue more expertise, possibly out of state, which we started doing.
In the meantime, I switched his dentist who at his check up wondered why we hadn't been in contact with an orthodontist. When I explained the run around we'd been getting, he set us up for consultations with two different doctors. We had one of those appointments today.
The recommendation: go to the craniofacial clinic at Primary Children's. BIG SIGH.....
It seriously took almost 3 years to figure this out? And I'm not just blaming the doctors, I blame my seemingly intelligent self too. We are essentially back to square one, going back to where Porter started and stayed the first few weeks of his life. He's seen more than his share of doctors too, so we're all wondering, why at 12? Why not at 6? or 4? or 9?
I'm obviously oversimplifying the story, but I don't have the energy to rehash all the mixed messages and incomplete diagnosis we've dealt with over the years. I'm just hoping for answers, Porter is too.
I just need to vent and rant just a little. I know that there are others struggling much more than we are, with challenges much greater. I just wish that every once in a long while, something could be easy. Until then, I will focus my frustration on whatever needs to be done to get Porter the answers he so deserves.

Mom, Mommy, Mother...

As the beginning of the new school year approaches, and I prepare to return to work, I must reflect on an age old argument. And by reflect on, I of course mean to get on my soap box about. Sorry, but I must vent, just a little.
Let's start with a question: When your kids address you, do they call you "Stay-at-Home Mom" or "Working Mom?" I think not, so why do we do that to each other? We're all moms, right? Stay-at-moms work hard and working moms don't love their any children less.
The saddest thing about these assumptions and others regarding different types of moms, is that they mostly come from moms and are directed to other moms. We are harder on each other than our children and spouses could ever be.
Being a mom is not easy, no matter the forum or circumstances. I have been fortunate enough to experience both sides, working during the school year and staying at home for summers. Motherhood is a tough, 24/7, tiring and rewarding job for ALL mothers.
Let's end with a question: Why aren't we more supportive of each other in this challenging yet magical endeavor?