Summer is coming and I am already enjoying the cute, colorful, little summer outfits and the lil'boy who wears them. As you can tell, he is the apple of my eye.
I never get tired of looking at him and with his Down Syndrome his uniqueness makes him even more precious. There is an even stronger bonding going on especially during nursing.
When I was younger and wasn't walking with the Lord, I had certain thoughts and expectations of how I wanted things to be. I would always worry about having a child with a mental or physical disability. I wanted my children to be perfect in a wordly way.
After learning much about my own illnesses and limitations over time, God showed me the beauty of it all. In time, I came to learn that Jesus is my stength, my Divine Physician and He loves me with all of my imperfections.
Baby Malcolm is always losing one of his socks and I just love looking at his piggies. Because of his Down Syndrome he can move his big toe quite far apart from the other toes. The first time I witnessed this I began to laugh and I yelled to the kids, " Come and see what Malcolm can do!" Luckily he did it again and we all began to giggle with joy. Right away the kids began to tell me how they can move their double jointed thumbs, and bend their knees far backwards, etc. It was a great show and tell!
The important thing I am learning is not to see as man sees but as God sees. When God sent Samuel to anoint one of Jesse's sons he was surprised when God chose David to be king, the youngest and seemingly weakest of them all.
It is amazing, the works of God, and I feel so blessed and priveleged to be the mother of all my children who all have sicknesses, weaknesses, and imperfections but who are all sons and daughters of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I alsways loved the 'one shoe on and one shoe off' part of babyhood. Love toes!
Things have been crazy with Jeff's new job and trying to find times for the kids to see him but-- would Wednesday work for a visit? I want to hug him while he's still new.
Posted by: Mary | June 05, 2011 at 11:04 AM