REVERB | DAY 6 | CHANGE

prompt: change

If you could change one thing that happened this year, what would it be? Why? (Author: lee currie)

february. february always used to be a month of pink and red and love and cupid for me. this last year it was a month of horror and darkness. doctor visits and terminology i never once in a million years thought i'd ever have to hear.

both kennedy and i had some heavy issues this year. but as a parent, you never in a million years think you hear the day, your child is diagnosed with....

ever.

your baby is perfect. there are 10 fingers. 10 toes. all the parts and pieces are there. and they are functioning at such a pace you are told they are so smart. and then school starts and she's advancing. and you never know she's above the curve. and then before you know it, she's reading.

but then one day, her eyes start to hurt. and then before you know it, there are tests. and evaluations. and doctor visits. and referrals. and then the dreaded confirmation. mr and mrs may, your daughter has tourette's syndrome. i just wish it all away.

i've written about this before. i wish it never happened. february will always carry some sort of stigma for us and i wish i could change that. it was a rough month. lets hope we can get back to rainbows and butterflies this year.

nuff said.