Good morning revolutioniers! There is no Sunday Spotlight today because today is the Most Special Day of the Year. February 17th comes once a year and every year it is bittersweet for me!
I rarely give you guys a complete insight of my personal life because I don't always like talking about it. But today, I will offer you all a little history of my life.
This is Kaileigh (pronounce Khi-lee) a.k.a. Bird
Today is her Birthday.
Eight years ago, I gave birth to this amazingly sweet and special little girl, but while she was healthy, something happened where I was not. I am lucky to be alive today. After 13 hours of labor Bird was delivered by C-Section and shortly after, I began fighting for my life. No one truly knows what happened that day and why I began hemorrhaging but after 5 1/2 hours of surgery, 3 blood transfusions, 3 platelet transfusions, and having to be revived twice; at 20 years old I would no longer be able to bear another child of my own.
I am lucky.
I am lucky to be alive.
I am lucky to have a healthy little girl.
I am lucky that my little girl is truly my best friend.
I am lucky to have inherited another daughter.
I am lucky to have found a man (after my divorce) to love and care for my daughter as his own.
It has been eight years since this tragedy in my life. Eight years and I still don't talk about it much. Eight years and I still am angry, sad, and grateful at the same time.
I'm not sure how much longer it will take for me to accept that this has happened to me but I do know that although this was not the path I would have chosen, God has truly blessed me with the most amazing gift that is far greater than anything else I could have asked him for.
If me being able to have another child means I would have to give up the one child I have now, I'd rather be who I am now. No gift will ever be greater than my Bird.
I rarely give you guys a complete insight of my personal life because I don't always like talking about it. But today, I will offer you all a little history of my life.
This is Kaileigh (pronounce Khi-lee) a.k.a. Bird
Today is her Birthday.
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I am lucky.
I am lucky to be alive.
I am lucky to have a healthy little girl.
I am lucky that my little girl is truly my best friend.
I am lucky to have inherited another daughter.
I am lucky to have found a man (after my divorce) to love and care for my daughter as his own.
It has been eight years since this tragedy in my life. Eight years and I still don't talk about it much. Eight years and I still am angry, sad, and grateful at the same time.
If me being able to have another child means I would have to give up the one child I have now, I'd rather be who I am now. No gift will ever be greater than my Bird.
Happy Birthday my darling. Be awesome, be proud, be beautiful inside, and most of all be you. Fly high!
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