24 February 2013

Vera is 5

Dear family, friends and teachers,

Thank you for being here tonight to celebrate Vera’s 5th birthday with us.

I’d just like to say a few words before we sing the birthday song.

5 years ago, Vera’s arrival threw us into the special needs world.

Family members and friends were there for us.

While it was a world full of machines, medicines and mayhem, it was also a world filled with kindness.

Mothers pumped and offered Vera their breastmilk. Others helped us buy medical supplies.

At our lowest moments, mothers with Trisomy 18 children miles away in the US, became our pillars of support.

Yet more kindness came our way when Vera started school at Yishun Park Rainbow Centre.

Teachers and therapists engulfed children like Vera in a sea of love. Accepting their every flaw, celebrating their every step.

During frequent hospital stays, we became closely in touch with people who help people – surgeons, doctors and nurses – and saw the good work they do each day.

So on behalf of Vera, thank you all, for touching our lives in your own special way.

8 comments:

Sher said...

oh so lovely!!

Anonymous said...

Yes Vera! I will continue to watch you grow! You are indeed an extraordinary miracle! Not ordinary at all! :)

Anonymous said...

I am proud of you parents too. You have done a great job mummy...and daddy too.

katrynka said...

Hope she had a wonderful birthday celebration with all of you!

Anonymous said...

I am so proud of Vera. It is a miracle for a Trisomy 18 child to live beyond a year, yet, she continues to grow & live so happily..
Happy Birthday!!

Jackie said...

Happy Birthday to Vera! I have loved getting to know Vera and your family over the past 3 years.
Lots of Love,
Jackie

Anonymous said...

I'm just a stranger mother of 3 who has been following your lives for a while now. I just want to say, you and your family have been such an inspiration to me, and is a constant reminder of how tiny we are on this earth, how there really is a higher being up there who plans our lives for us. Thanks for touching MY life.

Happy Birthday Vera.

Love,
Kym.

Anonymous said...

I'm a mother of 2 and happen to chance upon your blog. I have been following your lives for a little while now and just want to say that you are such an amazing inspiration, you and every single one in your family! Your inner strength and courage is such a reminder of how thankful we need to be each day of the little miracles that happen in our lives and cherish each and every moment of them.

Vera is such a trooper!

Happy Birthday Vera! I will watch her grow indeed!

Love, Noella