-----Original Message----- >From: Catherine Trewin <ctrewin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >...but for the purpose in which God makes them, they are perfect... > > >I saw a dad today, at Wal-Mart. >He was with his severely disabled daughter. >They were in the toy section. >He was showing her all kinds of neat stuff. >She was smiling and waving her hands. >She looked like she was having a wonderful time. >So did her dad. >She was in a wheelchair >and had a ventilator >and he had to keep suctioning her. >If her purpose is to help her dad to become all that he can be >and far more than he could ever have imagined, she is perfect. > >Once I took Bec to a specialist who always had a flock of residents in tow. >He said, "We're not going to fix her so we don't need to know >what else is wrong and you don't need to come back" >Ever since then I have thought about him and what he missed out on. >If Becky's purpose here on earth was a final exam for this specialist >and one day when he stands before God >and tries to point out the hundreds of doctors he has trained, >or the hundreds of patient's lives he has extended or improved, >God will stop him and say, "No, none of those count. >Only the one that I sent to you. What did you do to help her? >How did you extend or improve her life." >If her purpose was to help this doctor become all that he could be >and far more than he could ever have imagined, she is perfect. > Catherine, This made me bawl! In a good way....tho. Chris (mama to Mari, full T18, dob 8/24/01) Tipp City, OH 45371 http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/misstippcity/my_photos http://home.earthlink.net/~loganfamily/id1.html http://www.benotafraid.net/story.asp?id=38 http://web.coehs.siu.edu/Grants/TRIS/ Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows www.trisomyonline.org Families Helping Families On-line