Happy Birthday Beautiful Kate!

Kate turned 4 on Sunday.  I am happy to say that many years from now I WILL remember her when she was three, because I frequently made a point of saying to myself, "Kate is 3 right now.  Remember how she looks, and what she sounds like, and what she says."  I would say this to myself while I watched her play or while I was having a conversation with her.  Looking at pictures or watching videos are great, but being able to say "I REMEMBER YOU WHEN", and actually having that memory imprinted in your brain, is something much different.  It's much more special.  Kate is special.
I think anytime you have a child who has a medical condition, it makes that child special, and it makes the relationship you have with that child a different one than you might have with your other children.  Just over a year ago Kate couldn't talk, she couldn't react to pain, she couldn't control her body.  For three hours I didn't know what was going on with her, and I didn't know if the little girl I had come to know was coming back.  Glory be to God, Kate came out of the seizures exactly the same and has been the same ever since.
Kate is beautiful, and bright, and funny, and cute, and totally amazing!  I love you!  YOU are a gift!