But really, she is amazing. I've been following her blog since the day Nella was born, so over 2 years now. I was drawn to the story for all the obvious reason but also because I work with children with special needs and it tuned me in to so much more of the positive side of it all. A few of my friends were pretty into the blog too. About 9 months after that, one of our best friend's daughters was born with down syndrome-a very similar story to Kelle's. I sent them Kelle's story and since then, Lauren has become friends with her and met her in person. A short while later we started down our own path of worries, and doctors visits and therapists with Mallory. Of course everyone's story is different but Kelle has just helped me to have a different outlook on things. She wrote a book about the first year of their life with Nella, it came out last week and I am already finished with it. I absolutely loved it and am upset that it's over. Alot of my friends have read it too and Lauren has organized a book club at her house where we are skyping with Kelle in just a few weeks. I can't wait. It all just feels very full circle. In the mean time, some of my favorite quotes from the book...
"And what is it about perfection that makes it so appealing? The white picket fence, the polished image of Ken and Barbie and their perfect Skipper who are pretty and smart and heterosexual? What is it about different that makes us think it's not perfect? We set the bar higher and higher and what is it we strive for, and once we reach it-this perfection-what have we achieved? It's never enough."
Could that be any more true? I mean really, even IF we do get that perfect life and those perfect kids and everything we thought we always wanted? Well, then what? We always want more anyway. Does anyone really get the white picked fence and the perfect family, perfect job, perfect kids, perfect everything without any hardships along the way? Is it ever exactly what we had pictured? It's usually not and it ALWAYS ends up being ok anyway. I read that page about 10 times.
And one more...
"No matter what, there's always a new day, a clean slate, an opportunity to begin again and vibrantly live out our "one wild and precious life"".
Again just very true. Loved it. Go get the book, it will change your perspective.
In other news, this was my spring break. The kids were in school while I was off so I had a few days that I could have had entirely to myself but of course I was sick with a horrible cough and cold. I forced myself to go shopping and eat lunch with a friend on one of those days just because I could but it would have been nice if I could breathe. The rest of the week included some baking
(the first pops I've made to order and actually got paid for!)
my birthday
(a special passover cake made by my sister in law)
Passover
(he found the afikomen on BOTH nights. He had a rough night at my parent's house during the first seder but an AMAZING night at Uncle Stanley's the next night where he apparently sang the 4 questions for 40 people, sat through an hour long seder and was the hit of the party because mommy and Mallory weren't there!)
(she learned how to do this cheese smile this weekend-love it)
some spring cleaning and just hanging out with my girl and boy. Overall a good break.
Mallory is going through a stage where she wants me to sit in her room while she falls asleep. We went through this with Max for about a year and it was no fun. I thought we would escape it with her but she seems to be onto something. Anyway. The conversation tonight went like this:
Mallory: "I want mommy sit down"
Me: "Ok, but just for a few minutes"
Mallory: "Mommy?"
Me: "what sweetheart?"
Mallory: "I love you".
She has said I love you before but not so deliberately and spontaneously. Ok, maybe that's unicorns and rainbows.
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