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A TRULY SPECIAL FAMIILY

WARNING: Not for the weak!!!

I have had to face reality, we really are a family that is full of special needs, and we are all okay with it. Let me explain a little bit better.

Last night the kitchen/dinning room is beyond busy. Dinner is being served, kids are eating, children are talking, life is going at full speed. Then it happens, Jericho starts throwing up. I am talking projectile vomiting, right across the floor. Bless his heart, he was throwing up faster than we could get it cleaned up. His PCA was running back and forth to the kitchen sink and I was rinsing out the towel as fast as I could.

Now, here is when reality set in....the children kept eating, some were asking for seconds, LisaMarie was scheduling a play date, Micah was wanting more to drink. No one even seemed the least bit bothered by the fact that Jericho was throwing up. They were walking around him and it, they just kept on keeping on.

I knew then that this family is really different. Funny thing, I am okay with it.

Jericho does have a lot of intestinal problems. He eats too fast if not watched like a hawk. He drinks even faster and that is more than likely what happened last night. He never ran a fever of any sorts. He stopped after he got everything out of his stomach. He was fine this morning.

One more example of Life in The Simon Family.

Now I did warn you. I hope that you are not sick now. I love this family of mine. We are who we are.

Comments

Ayden said…
Roberta... you do have one crazy, but in a very good way, family... love reading your blog...
Ayden is doing an Irish tap dance right now - it was on America's got Talent - 5 women performing an Irish tap routine and so Ayden had to have his turn, I guess. LOL
Have a wonderful day!!
Tammy C. said…
Truly special hits the nail on the head. You are one Blessed family who always seems to somehow pull it together and work through whatever it is that is taking place at the momemt. God has Blessed you in so many ways. Love you! Tammy

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