So this is inspired by a newly found friendship...
If you have ever had a child that is TRULY behind in areas, you will relate. And I am not talking about the child who walked 'late' in terms of all of her peers. Or the child that did not say their first world until 2. I am talking about the child that when you go to the doctor, you cringe to go through the check list of items because you know it is pointless.
However, in life, it is not what we cannot do that makes an impact on the world around us. It is what we can do. It doesn't mean we don't long to be able to do other things. It isn't that we don't long for our children to achieve the things we dreamed of. But life at its fullest is about being able to do the things God has given us the ability to do, at the best we can do it. To take the gifts He has given us and to make them AMAZING!
So, let me share about my gift from God, Savannah Jane. And let me share what she CAN do:
She can smile so big that you see all of her teeth.
She can eat more mashed potatoes then her brother.
She can scream at me until she sees I have her milk, and then giggle until it is ready.
She can breath on her own at night, and I have never had to worry.
She can run, not walk to every destination she has!
She can find every tiny missing Lego and put it in her mouth for an hour and never swallow it!
She can sneak up the stairs without anyone knowing.
She can climb up on top of the piano and balance!
She can turn the pages of her sweet books.
She can say "Mamamamamamamamamamama" for what seems to be an hour at a time!
She can spin in a circle over and over without falling down.
She can chase me through the house and laugh so hard it makes me laugh!
She can swing for hours.
She can wear green like no ones business!
She can hold her own with the biggest of bows!
She can rip a hearing aid and throw it farther than any major league pitcher could!
She can take a day that others including her mother, may think is impossible to get through, and find happiness in the strangest places, only to remind us that is isn't about us at all...it is about what He has given us... little gifts that we can make AMAZING!
I love this girl!