Telling a story...

Where do I begin. Life is funny, I'm learning so many things from the children. The four miracles in my life. The refining process I wasn't ready for. You saw my locket, a little story in itself. First there is the cross. The most important symbol of the ONE you need to know. And then there are the stories, four little blessings that are indescribable by words. Four little miracles, four stories I didn't know I needed and gifts all of His protection. Perhaps that is why this locket or anidentical silver is close to my heart almost every time I leave the house. 

      I was reminded of something today as I was rereading and looking at some vaccine literature. I was reminded that my oldest (red birthstone) has been protected. I had no idea what I was doing ( and often still don't know what I am doing) as a mother, and yet God has given her the sweetest spirit. She is a dream child. She is precious. She was vaccinated. Completely vaccinated when her body was too little to handle it. And she survived. She has had no adverse effects. She is funny smart and brilliant and protected. And then there is the boy (represented by blue even though his birthstone is technically pink we couldn't have that). He also was protected. Completely vaccinated except for rotavirus. You see he got his first rotavirus vaccine at 6 months; and he nearly died. He wound up with intusseception. I will never forget the drug reps coming into the family practice office where I worked. "There is no way the vaccine can cause intusseception." When this happened I worked ER. The things you remember- currant jelly stool = bad.... And he had it... We sat at Childens in Dallas. Four hours in the waiting room. My son became mottled, his blood pressure and oxygen saturation dropping, he hadn't eaten in three days keeping anything down.... There wasn't a room, we waited, I cried... The resident who finally saw him 6 hours later said it couldn't be blood. Guiac it I said.... He did and it was blood. Intusseception seen on X-ray, immediately put in for the new air enema procedure. Me praying as my kid has a tube in his butt at 6 month old that it would work. That he would live. Pleading with God because I let him get the vaccine. And God heard. He lives. He thrives...And then the yellow birthstones. Baby B who decided to turn, nearly made me have a c section, dropped her sugar, NICU with twin A at birth. And twin A who certainly wasn't vaccinated with rotavirus after the fiasco with blue birthstone an had the opposite nearly fatal encounter. Baby A so dehydrated and screaming in pain. In Children's Plano a week again me pleading for her survival. Both twins alive, protected, not completely vaccinated. Every single one of the children miracles. So yes I will wear my locket close to my heart and ponder the miracles, every single miracle.

   Finally, I urge you to look at vaccines. Look at what they are made of. You may find many stand against what you believe. You may find that some could harm your child because of your child's unique genetic code and makeup. Research it. I plan to post articles. I plan to write a blog with information to help an s hopefully to educate parents along the way. Guess what? The Lord has grace for us. And I don't always have the answer, but he can direct my paths straight and has given me these four miracles to make a difference for.