Mama Ninja is the story of dealing with what life throws your way. Some would say Tracy Lee was dealt a bad hand. Yet we see the Mama Ninja formed through the challenges and choices of raising, not one, but two, children with special needs. She may not be as agile as some ninjas. She certainly isn’t stealthy. And no, she does not keep her cool in every situation. But… She can sprint up a flight of twenty stairs in the nick of time to save her five year old from falling out the second story window… She has the endurance to sleep next to her son’s hospital bed on the cold, dirty floor with no blanket, using her purse as a makeshift pillow and can still get up in the wee hours of the morning and arrive at work on time with a smile for her colleagues and clients…. She can wrestle a knife out of her ten-year-old’s hand as he yelling at the top of his lungs that he is going to cut his own throat because he wants to die…. She can weep ever so quietly as she lies in bed at night, because her family is faced with yet another blow of bad news. But, she doesn’t want to cause anymore upset by showing her despair in front of her family… Heartbreaking yet inspirational. It takes a very special type of love to walk this journey and the author shows us how. A story that leaves you scratching your head wondering what else could possibly happen next. Tracy gives us a glimpse into the world of a parent of special needs. Parents and professionals alike would find this book a must read. Often alone in this, she is truly an stunning testimony to what we do for the sake of love. Inconceivable. The words, full on, overwhelming, 24/7, intense come to mind. So do awesome love, above and beyond amazing, super mom. I guess that’s why she is called a Mama Ninja.”
— Lori Anne Youngman Editor
Tracy Lee has an educational and professional background in the human services field, where she received a Diploma in Social work and gained several years of experience working in government funded agencies. Her inspiration for writing comes from her experiences raising two sons dealing with complex medical, neurological and mental health challenges. She started to record details of these challenges— the doctor visits, surgeries, hospital stays— when her sons were infants. Writing was one of the ways she coped with the stress of being a mother of children with special needs. Tracy continued to write as her boys grew into teenagers, and eventually into wonderful young men. Encouraged by some of her close friends, Tracy began to put her writings together and realized her family’s experiences might help other families and bring awareness of the strength, patience and love it takes to get through these challenges. From these thoughts, Mama Ninja was born…
