gratitude.....

Whenever we're at Blaine's appointments, I have a chance to reflect on my blessings. After we've first arrived a little boy with Down's Syndrome is just coming out of his appointment. He can't be more than a year old. He is so sweet and just.....jolly! You should see the look on his mother's face, I've seen it and it is absolute joy! As they're leaving a little girl comes in with her mother. She's walking with the help of arm crutches. Her speech is slow, but she is not. What an incredibly bright girl she seem's to me. Her mother listens proudly as her daughter lets her know that, all by herself, she can go use the restroom. It's hard for me to watch at first as she struggles to man her crutches and open the door, turn on the light. But she does it. Amazing. Whilst in the physical therapy room, a little girl is getting her very first wheel chair. She's scared at the beginning (I would be too), but even at 2...she's figured it out. Once done and we've collected our sticker (Thomas the Train) we pass a little baby on his way in. He's held by two loving parents who, you can tell, think he is the greatest gift. He was born with an abnormally large head and has trouble holding it up. But you should see that little guy smile! He also has the loveliest blue eyes.....I'm always wishing I could hold him. I always come out of there feeling so blessed that I have had a chance to meet them. Their situations are tough...and it's probably very discouraging sometimes. But they all make the best of it. They're happy. They're kind.

Can't we be?