You hit the nail on the head JDax! I love all my kids...heck I never actually met any kid that I didn't think was amazing and cool in some regard which is why I am in education. As for my kids...they are all amazing..the reality is that having a gifted child is a challenge along with any other issue. It has its ups and downs and we are all just trying to give them what they need.
I read a quote once that I can't quite remember but the thrust of it was that our children are not extensions of ourselves but we are merely the gateway for that person to enter the world and they are totally separate people from us.