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Stay with me guys because this may get long.....
My wife's brother has severe cerebral palsy and has been through 6 brain surgeries. He lives in a group home about an hour from us and we try to see him as much as we can. Well tonight was his prom at his school so the wife and I decided to go. We thought it would be a great idea to dress him up and take him out to eat and the whole works. We went and enjoyed a nice meal and then returned to his school to find the chapel decorated in stars and stripes for the residents at the school to celebrate.
I watched in awe as each one of the residents was brought in to the room with all of their prom attire; the girls in their dresses and the guys mostly in shirts and ties. Some of the residents were able to walk in but only with assistance from some of the staff. The other residents had to brought in their wheel chairs. Those that could get up and dance did so and even those that were confined to the chairs were able to make movements or something to let you know that they were having a great time.
My wife and I both agreed that you could sit their and cry the entire night; you could cry because of the situation, you could cry happy tears because they were having so much fun and then you could cry thankful tears because we have to healthy boys at home. But we cried because of what might have been. You see, my wife and I lost a child on 3/25/10. We call it his birth day and his death day. We found out that he was going to have many problems and IF he made it full term probably would only survive just a couple of minutes. We had some tough decisions to make and questions that we wanted answered.
I will not go any further except to say that if you have kids and they are healthy or if you have kids that have some special needs, make sure you tell them that you love them and be thankful that they are here and that you can tell them!! I am thankful for my 2 boys that I have now but I can't wait and can only imagine what it will be like when I see my other one.
Thanks for letting me get this out there.....
My wife's brother has severe cerebral palsy and has been through 6 brain surgeries. He lives in a group home about an hour from us and we try to see him as much as we can. Well tonight was his prom at his school so the wife and I decided to go. We thought it would be a great idea to dress him up and take him out to eat and the whole works. We went and enjoyed a nice meal and then returned to his school to find the chapel decorated in stars and stripes for the residents at the school to celebrate.
I watched in awe as each one of the residents was brought in to the room with all of their prom attire; the girls in their dresses and the guys mostly in shirts and ties. Some of the residents were able to walk in but only with assistance from some of the staff. The other residents had to brought in their wheel chairs. Those that could get up and dance did so and even those that were confined to the chairs were able to make movements or something to let you know that they were having a great time.
My wife and I both agreed that you could sit their and cry the entire night; you could cry because of the situation, you could cry happy tears because they were having so much fun and then you could cry thankful tears because we have to healthy boys at home. But we cried because of what might have been. You see, my wife and I lost a child on 3/25/10. We call it his birth day and his death day. We found out that he was going to have many problems and IF he made it full term probably would only survive just a couple of minutes. We had some tough decisions to make and questions that we wanted answered.
I will not go any further except to say that if you have kids and they are healthy or if you have kids that have some special needs, make sure you tell them that you love them and be thankful that they are here and that you can tell them!! I am thankful for my 2 boys that I have now but I can't wait and can only imagine what it will be like when I see my other one.
Thanks for letting me get this out there.....