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to begin with, i will never ever get over the fact that she hardly survived. she was only 32 weeks when i gave birth to her (way too early due to pre-eclampsia) and weighed only 2 lbs and 4 oz! she stayed at the NICU for 6 weeks, underwent a 45-minute surgery for both eyes (she had stage 4 Retinopathy of Prematurity which would make her blind if not operated on early), has no peripheral vision due to the surgery. in December 2009, she was found to have lazy eye and had to start wearing thick eyeglasses. i could go on and on but it will just tear my heart apart. the bottomline is, our 5-year old daughter is a MIRACLE! and every little thing that she is able to do is something we celebrate! she may have been through a lot but she's aso abundantly blessed! although she was born a preemie, she has caught up, by God's amazing grace!
our daughter is super duper extremely shy. so, when she was 3 years old, i enrolled her in playgroup at a small school hoping to have her social skills developed. she stayed there until nursery then we decided to move her to a bigger one for a "balanced" school life. it was a BIG daily challenge sending her to her class. she was only able to adjust (meaning going to the classroom alone without cyring) late part of February. no one (not even us nor her teacher) really knew or understood why she cried everyday from the gate to the classroom. i am just glad she survuved her first year in the big school!
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| their 'Sister Act' presentation during their culminating program |
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| ..I will follow Him, follow Him wherever He may go... |
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| isn't it great that she's 'performing'? :) |
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| she's the only one in class who wears eyeglasses |
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way to go marti! tita pat is also very proud of you and what you have learned and accomplished. i know you will grow to be a beautiful soul like your mom. =)
Congratulations are in order. To you Mimi & Minoy for being such loving parents to Marti. She gets her strength from both of you. And to Marti for being uniquely and individually precious.
I am so happy for you... and Marti will always make you proud (apil si Zach). Just continue to believe in them.
congratulations, Marti! :) It goes on to show that she's not that "shy" anymore, mi. :)
I am teary-eyed again. [replay the background music: Is this the little girl I carried?]
Tita is very very proud of you, Marti! And equally proud of your mom, and dad and zach for being very loving and supportive. Te, miracle baby gyud bitaw si petpet.
Love and kisses.
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