I called home today to talk to my two cousins. Just checking in on everyone. I wanted to hear if Aurora & Breanna have been talking more since I left (pictured below) I really miss both of them. Just before I left, they were getting into the talking thing.



Watching a baby learn to speak is pretty amazing. I've never been old enough to see someone grow up like that. I lived with them for a while, so I got to see her "lessons" pretty much every day. She repeated a lot of the stuff we said to her. My favorite was "me and my shadow".

Befora Aurora was born, they told Jessica and Andrew that she would be brain dead. They gave her a couple weeks to decide whether or not she would get the abortion or let it happen naturally, since they were sure it would. It was devastating for the entire family.

Fortunately, they were wrong; as she was born almost perfectly healthy. She has a condition that wasn't severe. It was corrected with surgery. Here's a little clip of her, post-op. It's been a while since I thought about the scar she used to have.

When I called today, she sang part of the "Veggie Tales" song to me over the phone.

I love those little moments in life when you know someone is an absolute miracle.