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MAY 11, 2008 What a Mother's Day!!!




I just have to say, over and over that we have a most wonderful life. This path we have traveled is full of ups and downs, but it is also filled with miracles each and every day. Meet our newest Miracle. This beyond cute little guy is our newest, two year old MacGyver. He had a really rough start in life. His birth mother drank so he has FAS, plus it looks as if he has Hypotonic CP, add to that, Celiac's Disease and we are all set to go. I have to be the first to tell you that Celiac's is taking on its own learning curve. For those of you that do not know what that is, as we did not also, it means that MacGyver can't eat anything that has wheat, barley or rye in it. This includes nearly everything we eat that is prepackaged at all. It is much more than a food allergy, it is classified as an auto immune disease. So far we are doing well on learning how to prepare food for him. What a life!!!

Now, back to Mother's Day. I am nearly ashamed to admit that I have never really liked Mother's Day. It all started Mother's Day 1987, the first year that my Mom was not here to honor for Mother's Day. Even as we added more children, I still missed honoring her. I needed her and she was gone. I am thankful that until this year we have had Micheline.

Well, then it was Mother's day, 1996 that Malachi was diagnosed with liver cancer. Mother's Day is just not the day for me. Funny, I looked so forward to Mother's Day this year. We got to meet MacGyver on the 5th of May and he moved home fast, on the 10th of May, just in time for Mother's Day. It was such a happy time for this entire family. Merrill took us all out to a buffet and the children ate till they could hold no more. We laughed and we just had fun.

Now, on May 16th we got some more news, but you will have to check back later to find out what all of that is about. I thank the Lord that Mother's Day has finally turned around for me. This is nice, very nice.

These two pictures are one, McClain holding his new little brother MacGyver and then the second one is our first Mother's Day with MacGyver. Not perfect, but what really is :o)






Comments

Anonymous said…
AWWW Berta,

Y'all look so great. I'm so glad that you finally have a reason to look forward to Mother's day. The kids all look so sweet and you look so happy. It has been a long hard trying time. But God always prevails. We just have to remember His time not our's. Can't wait to see you.

Love, Tammy
3:42 PM
Anonymous said…
I am so happy that you finally found a reason to celebrate a day that *YOU* deserve to be honored Ms. Berta. You have such a georgeous family, and I get excited everytime you post new pictures and I can se how much you love each other. One day I hope to meet all of the Simons IN PERSON. It would be such an honor and blessing!
3:15 AM
Debi said…
Your family is precious!! Thank you for sharing them with us!
9:37 AM
Anonymous said…
Roberta,
What a beautiful bunch!
1:47 PM
Anonymous said…
Merrill and Roberta;

Congratulations! what beautiful Children! And what beautiful people you both are! You both really are the greatest! Servants of God, and answers to prayer for those children. What examples you set! We are so proud of you!

Ron
8:21 AM
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