Thank God for my children

I just found a T ball t shirt of my sons that he wore when he was 5 years old. I was so proud of him them and felt so lucky to have such a happy beautiful son. And I feel even more blessed that here he is 14 years old and still that same compassionate, loving, funny, polite, caring, generous beautifully handsome child that he was at 5 years old. I have my Sara who has grown into a beautiful mature loving caring young lady who was once an angry suicidal cutting teenager and who put me through hell worrying about her. And I have Andrea who works full time and college part time. They are drug and alchohol free after losing their sweet friend Kayla due to an impaired driver. And then there is my Amanda.. She has a 2 year old son she is raising on her own. He has a benign brain tumor and is speach and developmentally delayed. At 20 she is dealing with so many of lifes problems, but the girl never gives up. She works part time and goes to college full time. I couldnt be prouder of any of them. These children didnt have an easy childhood, being ruled by an overauthoritarian absent father with times of having no food in the house. But they are the strongest, most compassionate, loving, hysterically funny teens I have had the honor to be around. I know a lot of people complain about how their teens drive them crazay but these youngins make me so proud I could burst. They are my biggest cheerleaders and brag about their now skinny mom who has gotten rid of the oxygen and wheelchair and can do anything that needs to be done. That was my sole purpose in having this surgery so I could be healthy enough to rejoin my family as the mother I was intended to be. One who could join them in bike rides, hiking, camping fishing,shopping endlessly walking the mall and just being there to live a long life with them. To see them grow and have children and watch them grow to adulthood. Thank you Dr Mikami and Ohio Medicaid for giving me this chance to have my life back... In all its richness and fullness. THank you God.. Hugs, Laura ( I couldnt of done it without my OH family as well.)