This Blessing is more like the greatest responsibility on earth where you have to monitor it like a three year old your whole life.
I have a story.
Her mother came down with measles in her first trimester. The baby was born with multiple defects: Madelung’s Deformity (a musculoskeletal disease), neurological auditory defects which rendered her deaf, malformed ears, and a cataract in the left eye (in the 50s not surgically remediable). The doctors at the time said the baby would never amount to anything but a ward of the state.
The father was an up-and-coming professional musician, with a promising career in Las Vegas. Instead of sticking her in an institution, he gave that up to stay near the home in New England, playing the local venues. The mother worked menial jobs to make ends meet.
They eventually enrolled their daughter in the American School for the Deaf, where she delivered the Salutatorian speech at her graduation. She went on to graduate from Gallaudet University.
How do I know her? She’s been my beloved wife for 36 years. We have a daughter who is a nurse and her husband is a Veterinary Assistant. They have three terrific kids and another on the way.
Yes, it is a blessing. I’m sorry you can’t see that.