We had a lovely birthday party for Suzanne. She spent the day telling everyone that she is "Four!" It was fun to watch her because she usually hangs around the edges of the kids playing, but on Saturday she was right in the middle of things. We had a rousing game of Pin the Bow on Hello Kitty, which she wanted to play over and over. She's never had a party where she was the center of attention, so it was quite fun for her.
I really wanted her to have a girly party. To be quite honest, part of it is mother's guilt. I still feel guilty that we didn't beat the statistics when she was born. A 44 year old woman has a 1 in 25 chance of having a child with Down Syndrome and Suzanne was the 1. Her birthday is a time of mixed emotions for me--happiness at all the growth and progress that she's made and sadness that her life isn't just like everyone else's. I don't know if you ever get over feeling that even though you had no control over it, you let your child down in some way.
We are going to a DS playgroup for preschoolers today. Kirk loves to go almost more than Suzanne and just as she believes that all of his friends are her friends, he believes that all of her friends are his friends too. He does not discriminate and believes that segregation of any kind is evil. I'm so grateful that when my mothering skills aren't what they should be, Kirk is there to pick up the slack.
1 comment:
Jen, we are the lucky ones to have Suzanne in our lives! God always has a plan...even if we don't know what it may be at that moment.
Suzanne is a loving and happy spirit who brightens the lives of everyone she meets.
Love to all,
Karen
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