The Good Life: Letter from Granny Dye

About Us

Based in Pretoria, South Africa... My name is Loren, I am married to the LOVE of my life and on 08/08/08 we welcomed our first child into this world! Malakai is healthy, he is precious and he is the light of our lives... oh and he has a little something extra (commonly known as Down Syndrome).
On 29/01/2010 we had our second boy - Harlan. We are so excited that Malakai & Harlan will grow together as brothers and friends!
This is our journey into acceptance, love, the understanding that today is our greatest gift, and the celebration of our beautiful, perfect, amazing sons!

Blessed

Blessed are you who take the time to listen to difficult speech:
For you help us to know that if we persevere,
We can be understood.

Blessed are you who walk with us in public places,
And ignore the stares of strangers,
For in your companionship,
We find havens of peace.

Blessed are you who never bid us to "hurry up",
And more blessed are you
Who do not snatch tasks from our hands to do them for us,
For often we need time rather than help.

Blessed are you who stand beside us
As we enter new and untried ventures.
For our failures will be outweighed
By the times we surprise ourselves and you.

Blessed are you who ask for our help,
For our greatest need is to be needed.

Blessed are you when you assure us,
That the one thing that makes us individuals
Is not in our peculiar muscles,
Nor in our wounded nervous system,
Nor in our difficulties in learning,
Nor any exterior difference.
But is in our inner, personal, individual self
Which no affirmity can diminish or erase.

- Author Unknown

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Letter from Granny Dye

Dearest Malakai,

Here is another letter from Granny Dye - she misses you so much!!

Dearest Malakai,

Thank you for opening up my world! Through you I have been privileged to be introduced to a worldwide community of parents and their children who have an abundance of gentle strength.

Before your birth all I knew about Ds was that there was an extra chromosome involved. To me these children had challenges that were no different to any other children. Your Blog has taught me so much more and I continue to learn each day.

I am inspired by beautiful people who grab whatever life delivers and do their own very best in every moment. I watch you and see your determination to keep trying until you reach your own potential which is absolutely perfect for you - A lesson that most people spend their entire lives trying to learn.

If the world followed your example, we would all be supported by perfect acknowledgement, unconditional love and comforting peace.

I Love YOU
Granny

Thank you mom!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: Very Wise Words from a Very Wise Lady!; February 12, 2009 at 8:48 PM
CJ Field said...: Now that tugged at my heart. How lucky they are to have one another!

I wanted to let you know about the T21 Travelling Afghan Project! I hope you will consider participating and I would appreciate it if you could help spread the word! Thanks!

http://littlemisse21.blogspot.com/2009/02/t21-travelling-afghan.html; February 12, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Cathy said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; February 13, 2009 at 12:41 AM
Cathy said...: Sorry for the delete.

Very beautiful words! Granny gets it!!!

Now for the rest of the world...If only all people could see the beauty in our children and how our lives are blessed by them.; February 13, 2009 at 12:43 AM
Cheri said...: What a sweet, sweet letter!! I love to read things from a grandparents perspective...Malakai is very blessed!

I ditto Cathy's sentiment...if only the rest of the world could see the beauty in our children and how blessed we are by them... although the more I think about it, I think each one of our children will melt many hearts and change many perspectives in their little lives! :) I can only hope :)

Happy 6 months Malakai!; February 16, 2009 at 8:06 PM