This past week Maggie spoke to her class at school about having pidd. She explained she had Selective IgA Deficiency and how she is missing her IgA. I couldn't believe how old my baby had gotten. She was so confident and poised as she shared all her information on IV's and germs.
I shared this information in a pidd group I belong to. A woman who edits a magazine for kids with pidd sent me a message asking to profile Maggie in the magazine. I was amazed b/c to me this is just Maggie. I spoke with the woman today and she wants to feature Maggie in a section about extraordinary kids. In my world both of my kids are extraordinary but it blew me away to hear someone else saw it. I was teary-eyed at the fact that someone who is an acquaintance realized how out of this world wonderful my girl is.
Maggie is very smart for her age. Sometimes her emotions even catch up with her brain. More importantly she has a heart of gold and an amazing soul. I am proud to be her Mom. I humbly accept compliments on my parenting (it helps my ego) but some of it is just her wonderful self. I thank God every day that he blessed me with this angel. I can't say enough how much I love her. I reread my blog and often feel that a lot of entries are just love poems to my kids. I think it will be great if someday they could read them so they realize that everyday since the moment I knew they existed I have loved them with everything I am.
Today I gush about Maggie but Ricks' birthday is right around the corner. I will be mushy about him soon enough : )
She certainly is an extraordinary kiddo!
ReplyDeleteDo you know you can have your blog printed out into a book? You should definitely have that done at some point :)