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To explain how my son inspires me I need to back track just a bit to myself as
a young adult. I was one of those gals that said, "I will never marry
and never have children" . . . So what did I do? I got married and
had a child. The marriage didn't last but what came out of my marriage
was life changing.
My
pregnancy was amazing! I can't express how much I truly enjoyed being pregnant.
My
son, Tait Graham Davis, was born at 6 a.m. on a Wednesday morning
in the spring of 2002, after
24 hours of labor. He was full term
and weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces. My life has never been the same!
Over
the next couple of years Tait had heart surgery, had his tonsils
out, and fought a bout of RSV. Throughout all this, my son was
a happy, endearing and active child. He still is!
Tait
is an amazing and resilient 5 year old boy now! He is definitely
not the child that doctors told us he would be. He is, for lack
of a better way to say it, a "typical" child in every sense of
the word.
He has surpassed many of the goals that we were told he might never
achieve. He learned sign language, he overcame some eating issues,
his language skills improve daily, and he is potty trained. Just
a couple of weeks ago he mastered riding a tricycle.
He
has redefined my values and my sense of purpose. He encourages
me with his ways to be a better human being; he has helped me
understand that there is so much more to life. He has shown me
how important family and friends can be but has helped me weed
out the riff-raff in my life that was weighing me down. He also
made it possible for me to see the many amazing people that I
have in my life. He is my angel on this earth and my guiding
light.
I
look at him playing or sleeping and my heart feels so full. I
have learned to live each day to the fullest, never going without
counting my blessings, letting go of anything that others have
said or done that I didn't quite like or understand,
and have a greater sense of self and peace in my soul.
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