Celebrating Seven!
June 12, 2014
“Happy Birthday Claire,” I whisper to her as she wakes to greet her seventh year of living the miracle that is her life. She smiles immediately and says “Am I seven?” And so begins her happy day of birth.
But the truth is, I don’t celebrate this day. Birth day is a bitter sweet memory.On that day I was happy,but the medical professionals were not. I was positive,but the medical professionals were not. I cried tears of joy when I saw her sweet little face, and medical professionals reminded me that my joy would be fleeting…her life would be short lived.
Seven years later I sit in full view of the miracle before me. I fight the haunting of those days and choose to see all the happy of this day. She is the gift of this day, she is the joy that prevailed. She is the reason our lives have been made whole. We can’t listen to horror stories,or dismal words of a medical world that sometimes does not believe that God is bigger than any of all this.
Truth be told I don’t celebrate Claire’s “birth day.”
I celebrate the very first breath that she was never supposed to breathe, I celebrate each and every moment of the life that God has placed in my presence. I celebrate a life that was never supposed to be of quality. I celebrate her full beautiful life today,because there are no guarantees of what tomorrow holds…that is what makes today and everyday a very precious celebration.
The truth about today is that I celebrate Claire’s life just as any other day and I see her proving that God is bigger than any of all this.
And as she fell to sleep this evening, she was smiling still, asking “Am I seven?” I said, “yes,you are seven.” Closing her eyes with a sleepy smile she whispers “seven.”
Hello God in the celebration of today and the sleepy whispers of a growing miracle…Hello Butter
SUPERGIRL~CLAIRE
January 29, 2012
Miracles happen! Short but sweet video of our amazing supergirl!
“Unspeakable,unending,thanks be to God…”
Falling for fall
October 11, 2011
Fall love
We’ve been pretty busy saying a lot of hello to not only butter but also pecans, cheese, physical therapy, home school & football games. Claire has been doing so well that we have a busy life back.
She’s been able to go back to physical therapy once a week and she is getting stronger & stronger at standing. And while she is doing so well I still don’t feel she can handle preschool at this time. Instead, we have a teacher come to the house once a week. Plus, she has been enjoying watching her big brother play under the Friday night lights so I feel this satisfies her social life. And I do mean social. This is one area of her life that I have no worries. She loves to see everyone at the football games and works the crowd like no other four year old I’ve seen. She is full of smiles and personality and is the best cheerleader for her Michael. Go Michael Go! We are even able to pack her pecans, cheese and butter to go for the football game. Not your typical tailgate food, but she loves it!
Now since summer has ended I feel it is safe to announce the official news that the summer of 2011 has seizure free! This is the first summer since 2008 that Claire has not required to be life flighted. With all my heart I praise God for the miracles on our life!
So, although I am a few weeks late in saying this…goodbye Summer…hellobutter!
Hello Butter 