The Love of A Mother

When life begins to grow in your stomach, you think about how much you will teach your child and watch her grow, but now as I sit back and years have gone by, I wonder, who really taught who.

On Oct 28, 1988, you were born, 2 1/2 months early, weighing in at 3lbs and 15inches long, a good size baby for being that early, but life was not to be so kind to you, the pressure of having to come out early caused hemorage in your brain and swellage which caused you to develop cyrbal palsy..I had heard the word maybe so many times till I hated that word, maybe she will walk or crawl or speak, it was never what I wanted to hear, what I needed to hear, but I had made up My mind you would do all those things as other kids do, I did your excercises as they showed me, I took you to specialists after specialist, it was a never ending job, started you in school early, anything and everything I could do to help you get thru all this, you had so many surgerys, each one I would think I cant take another one, I cant watch My girl hurt no more but each time you were strong, you hold on to Me and I would hold on to you,, we leaned on each other..
Sometimes it just take you a lil while longer than other kids but you always had this determination about you, and what ever you set your mind to you would do eventually...and you always made Me proud and still do...you have shocked so many people, broken all their scientific evaluation and shown that no one can hold you back.
You are almost 18yrs old now, ahh what a beautiful young woman you have grown up into and how so very proud I am to be your mother, for there is no greater gift god could give then someone so beautiful as you My beautiful daughter.
But now I know its you who taught Me, not Me who taught you, you taught me what it means to love unconditionally, you taught me how to love, laugh, cry, worry, fear, you are my teacher
I admire you, your strength, your will to live life, the goals you set for yourself, no one can ever hold you back, and I wait to see what else in life you will show me..
I love you pumpkin