I wrote this blog post a couple of weeks ago but since then I have had some physical issues to work thru. So this is up later than I meant it to be and the pictures are not really recent, but I will post some 2 month photos really soon! Enjoy...
In a previous blog, I shared how I met Kelly who had a Down's baby just a few short weeks before I had Blake. The crazy thing is that her story and her son's story are so incredibly close to my own. Last week, Blake and Jackson got to meet formally. I am completely amazed at all the coincidences! They live little more than a mile apart; they were born within a month of each other; and each little boy's special needs was a surprise to his Mama. Not to mention, Kelly and I are only months apart with our birthdays and we each have a teaching background. The minute I met Kelly, I burst into tears with the wonder of it all. It was just an amazing thing. We met at the lactation clinic here in Greeley. A nurse pulled me aside and I couldn't imagine what she wanted to tell me or ask me. When she told me Kelly's story and asked if we would like to meet, I was absolutely elated! Of course I wanted to meet Kelly and I couldn't believe the similar circumstances surrounding our stories. These little boys are so lucky to have each other and to have the love of so many wonderful people. These little boys have brought us together.
So many things have been like that thru all of this and I have been blown away by the support and comfort I have received from so many people. I can't believe already how much Blake has brought people closer and how he has shown me so much already thru people's love and care. As the years have gone by I have fallen out of touch with so many people but thru all of this, I have reconnected with dear friends and old acquaintances, some of whom I hadn't seen in 15 years or more! I am touched by the love and so amazed that Blake already has so many friends. I feel like he connects people already thru his sweet nature and his charm. I am a lucky person just to have him and and see how he will reach everyone he meets.
I have a dear friend with a sweet Down's baby who wrote this to me and I am beginning to see how true it is: "I grew in understanding that day that my daughter is in a special privileged club. I will never get to be in that club, but will only be known as her mother. And let me tell you, at 4 1/2, it seems like she knows everyone in town, or they are just a good friend that she hasn't met yet. I think I am one of the lucky ones that gets to be part of the club by proxy."
I am blessed because of this little boy - I wouldn't have met the people I have or had the experiences I am or will have without this little guy in my life. I was chosen for this. That is an incredible thought - because it was so easy in the beginning to think of this as my trial and with the things I have already experienced and the people I have met, I am coming to see how it is my blessing and something I never knew I might actually be thankful for.
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