Who We Are.....
My children are always surprising me, from little seemingly insignificant frames in our lives to those that inspire me to be better than what I am. Jessica has always been the child who has endured more obstacles in life than I could ever have foreseen one of my children having to deal with. As stroppy as she reacts to disappointments or criticism she makes up for in courage with grace. When she was a baby it was easier to hold her screaming body while the doctor suctioned her ears, injected antibiotics, readied her for her next operation or cracked her spine. My tears would be mixed with her sweat unaware of how tough and not so brave her Mommy was. Now it is different, now she sees the injections, now she is aware of the pain and most of all she can see the angst in my face and knows that I can understand every painful moment she has to undergo. Yet our little trooper faces her demons with a brave heart and soul and sometimes verbally wishes that her brother could just take one...