Well, in my last(and first) blog, I said I was going to save talking about my kids until later......so now its later. I have to say, I have the most amazing kids ever!!! Yes, I'm a proud mama. I still can't believe how God picked me to have the joy of my children. They have always been such a blessing in my life. Thats not to say there haven't been times I've been frustrated........believe me I have. Its not to say they're perfect kids, cause they aren't, but they are pretty spectacular. Let's start with April since she was the first born. She gave me quite a scare when I was pregnant, all kinds of difficulties starting with contractions at 2 1/2 months into the pregnancy. If that wasn't scary. But she fought and was born in the wee hours of April 18, 1988....a beautiful healthy baby girl. She was still 5 weeks early, but the doctor said she was so healthy because of the contractions throughout the pregnancy, they had caused her organs to mature earlier. She was so precious, so tiny, and so beautiful. She amazed me everyday. She didn't walk until she was about 13 months, but man could she talk early, read early. She was a sponge when it came to any knew thing we taught her. She was mostly around adults, so she talked very grown up(not in a bad way). At 2 her favorite word was "actually".......what 2 yr old says that? Then after a couple more years came the tantrum stage.........and man was she good at it. That was one of those really frustrating times I was talking about. Then it was off to school. I remember crying all the way home after dropping her off. Elementary school went along well and soon she was in middle school.......wow was that different. The hormones, the giggling girls, the crushes. Then when she was in 7th grade she became sick, not with a cold or flu, but something very odd. She was in a great deal of pain in her joints, she ran fevers and was tired all the time. Walking was extremely painful. Then we noticed these bizarre spots all over her legs. The doctor said it was a rare autoimmune disorder called henoch shonline purpura (sp?). It usually heals on its own in a few weeks. It's something that usually effects infant boys, but occasionally a rare case like hers occurs. Well, shortly after that she was in a wheelchair for awhile because it just became too painful to walk. The spots would fade and in their place new ones would emerge. Finally after several months, she began to heal. It was tough, but she was tougher. She's a real trooper. We made it through middle school and (where did my little girl go) she was in high school. She had a little trouble finding where she fit in the beginning, but soon found friends that stood by her through thick and thin. In her sophmore year, she decided to join the newly created bowling team at the high school. Little did we know what an awesome choice that was. Her first year was rough, she wasn't very good to start, been then began getting better and better. But then tragedy struck again. Another, different autoimmune disorder. It landed her back in a wheelchair for awhile and finally forced her to take several weeks off of school because it was too physically and mentally difficult. She kept up on her school work, but was basically bed ridden alot of the time due to the pain and exhaustion. We took her to children's hospital in seattle for testing, but they couldn't find a specific cause or treatment for her. She was sent home, and thank the Lord, received a healing from God. She joined back up with her bowling team in her junior year, making the varsity team. The team went on to win the regional championship and went on to compete at the state competition. Her senior year she was the #3 bowler in the entire region and her team got 2nd place at the state competition. April was always a bit shy, but through bowling began to come out of her shell. Oh I forgot to mention that in middle school she also had her first seizure, and more later in high school, giving her the diagnosis as epileptic. The reason I mention that is a couple of years ago, she was at a youth camp and received a healing for that as well, but the doctor wouldn't let her go off her meds until she could go without driving for up to 6 months. She's finally there. I'm driving her everywhere and she's more than half way off her meds(it takes a full six weeks to get her all the way off) and doing great. Isn't God AWESOME!?!?!?! After high school, April went on to our local community college and graduated on the deans list this past June. She has also been working the past 2 years at a daycare/preschool and thriving there. She will be starting school to earn her BA in Social Work in a couple of weeks. She is thriving in her church, recently became a leader and leads her own Bible study every week. She loves God with every ounce of her being. I love her so much and feel incredibly blessed to get to say I'm her mother! She's my hero, she has overcome so much adversity and never let go of her faith in God. It's only grown stronger with every moment.
Well, thats enough for now. I'll tell you about my son next time. He's amazing as well.
I will also try to get some pictures up of mom's bedroom soon.
Take care and God bless,
Kim
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