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| Little Chrissie |
The other day while my husband was in the kitchen our youngest little girl Chrissie ask her dad a few questions. Like most little girls they can make one question into hundred. But the one question could bring one father to tears. "Daddy when will I ever grow up and not be cripple any more?" With little pink braces on her legs and crutches by her side she wiggles to crawl up in her wheelchair to catch the school bus. With a smile that will melt butter she looks up for answers. And then told us she wanted new feet for her birthday.
With her birthday just weeks away new feet we can not get I told her but we can get some new shoes. But she replied back I want new feet to dance and run. And no matter what shoes we found they can not make her run and dance. Now remember this is a six year old turning seven in a few weeks. Nightly as I remove her tiny socks and rub them with powder and prepare her or bed it finally sunk in. Never once did I think of my child's disability or her being difference from other children. All I could see was my little angel with the precious smile. Sometimes we as parents do not think our children notice as much as they do and also noticed they are difference. Chrissie was born with Spina Bifida and both of her feet are club. This making it very difficult or her to stand very long or walk short distances. With pink little braces, pink crutches and a pink wheel chair everything you think might make Chrissie's life a little easier can not replace the fact she will always be in this condition. She will never be able to run or maybe not even dance like her friends but she has one thing they do not. She has a smile and such love I have never seen in another child like her. This little girl as precious as life it's self is truly a blessing from our Lord. There has never been a person that Chrissie has met that has not feel in love with her. She is silly and with the funniest little giggle. As we were tucking her into bed I told her you know I have never know such a sweet curly headed little girl like her. And that also I am the proudest momma in the world to be able to brush and comb her hair. For she is one of our Lord's sweetest little Angels here on earth. I told her about Heaven and also about yes one day you will be able to run and dance. Not just dance but to be able to dance with Jesus. And you will be able to run with the angels. As she was falling to sleep she giggled and laugh and told me she would see me in Heaven to watch her run and dance. And also to tell Daddy not to worry or cry because she will be okay.
As a parent we see our kids as perfect and not with a disability but as our child. It does not matter to us if they are sick or disable we love them unconditionally. As I close the door to my child's room and wheel back her pink wheelchair I think of how blessed we are to have her in our life.
We adopted Chrissie on March 18th, 2011 and Chrissie came to the US on May 13th, 2011.
Not has not been one day we have not had a smile or a giggle from her.
