"Mom!" shouts Francis sitting next to me in the front seat of the truck. "Doctor Mani, he fix dis awm, den he say, nex time he fix dis wun. Two mom, two times doctor fix me awm. How many times fix Salifu, his head?"
I certainly hope you can understand this message. My reply was,"Since you have two arms, you need two surgeries. Salifu only has one head, so he will only need one surgery."
"Mom!", another shout this time from the backseat where Salifu sits alone.
"Yes, Salifu?". I glance into the rearview mirror to see his face.
"Doctor..." wild tugging gestures up from his shoulders, "he pull dis wun off, poot new wun?"
"No sweetheart, the doctor will not give you a new head. He will fix the one you have." Although I find myself living the TARZAN movie already, I don't care to add FRANKENSTEIN to my list.
We have been busy working in the garden. These boys are great rock haulers, seed planters, water carriers and hole diggers. Many of our little vegetable babies are already poking their noses out of the ground.
A trip to a local theme park, World's of Fun, last weekend was a World of the Fantastic for them. Trains, roller coasters, giant cartoon characters, bumper cars, Flying rides and viking boats.... Never before and never again will there be such a day for them.
No word yet on when Salifu's surgery will be. Francis is working well with the therapist and is increasing the range of motion at his elbow and wrist significantly between visits.
Blessing to all of you for the many words of encouragement. I save them all. On the days that are hard when I am only thinking of myself, I pull them out, sometimes even printing them off to remind myself of the truth. If I had known how tough marriage was going to be at times, I may not have made the commitment. If I had known how painful labor and delivery were in advance, I probably would NEVER have had a baby. If I had known what it would involve having these children here, I would have probably chickened out in my weakness. I am so glad we don't know everything. Think of all we would miss.
God is good.
Ann