Mom

After I had Vada I realized something. My mom is a rockstar. She fought for me and put up with me and I really can't ever repay her for everything she has done.

You see, when I was a kid I wasn't exactly the healthiest little girl out there. Thank god my parents had really really good insurance, that's all I can say.

I remember when I had to have an MRI when I was 6 or 7 to try figure out what was wrong with my brain, and how upset I was my mom couldn't be there in the room with us. My dad was there which was a big deal because my dad never took off of work to go to Dr appointments with us. I also remember the Dr (I think) gave me a stuffed lion because I held still enough to get the pictures taken and how I got some necklace making kit out of the deal as well.

I remember my mom driving me to countless Dr. appointments and specialists to slowly fix all of the developmental and physical problems I had growing up.

I remember the neurologist telling me that I had complex partial seizures and that "My brain would go to sleep, but I would still be awake.." (Those were the exact words he told me, I still remember them.) And how from that moment on, I had countless pills, blood work and EEG's.

I also remember having to get a frenectomy and getting Legally Blonde on DVD from Target to watch after we got home.

I remember finding out from the Knee specialist that I have congenitally bad knees and my mom was super supportive on the way home from the doctor and finding out that the only fix was surgery. I plan on going until my knees give out completely before I'll go in for surgery over something stupid like that.

I remember having to go to Vision Therapy in Wellington and having to wear an eye patch and how excited I was when I received a medal for completing the program. It's not like I had any choice.

I remember my mom spending hours and hours going over homework with me and forcing me to try. School was never easy for me, especially math and mom really tried everything to get me to understand.

I remember how excited my mom was when she found out I was pregnant with Vada. I'll be honest, I was terrified  to tell her I was pregnant at 20 after just getting married.

If I am half of a mom as my mom was to my sisters and I, then Vada will grow up to be a perfectly weird, well adjusted woman, with a bad ass grandma.