Once again I digress from the deployment business for a bit to discuss the joys of being parents to a child with "special needs". Today a couple who are expecting a little girl with Down Syndrome came over to meet with Mary Catherine and us. They talked about how when they found out that their baby had DS the doctors readily dismissed their child and recommended extermination. They said that they really felt pressured as I'm sure we would have had we had the amnio. I knew something wasn't right in the beginning and had a "gut feeling" my baby would have DS. While it hasn't always been easy nor will it ever be, I feel that we have been given a great gift. A girl who will never go to college or will probably never marry but a girl who will bring joy in other ways that we can't imagine. She has a ready smile every morning for me and her daddy (when he's here and when he's on the webcam) and she has a brother who is a typical brother but one who loves her just the same.
We would be lost without our sweetest little girl. We feel fortunate that we were given the gift of Mary Catherine.
Happy Easter
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