This blog was created to document our experience dealing with Bailey, our 16 year old daughter's stroke. Until September 15th, she was a perfectly healthy, active teenage girl. She is a junior in high school this year. She has a part time job, many friends and a busy social life. She is involved with the marching band, cross country skiing and the school theater group. Her class schedule reads like that of my nightmares - Honors classes, Advanced placement classes and even a "college in school" physics class. She has a smile that shows itself with the slightest of provocation. She is happy, easy going and a bit goofy. Generally, there was no reason to expect any health issues and definitely we would not ever have even thought a stroke was a possibility.

So, this is our story. I am hoping it will help others who experience this sort of misfortune to understand they are not alone. Maybe they are feeling the way we do and will take some comfort our story.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Picking out birthday cards

Since I have already given Bailey the present I got her (an iPod) and she told me that I should not spend any more money on her I thought I should at least get her a card.  This seems simple enough, right?

Well, let's just say that today was Target Shopping Meltdown #2.  By nature I am a sentimental person.  I cry while watching commercials, sappy movies and sometimes just when I see something lovely.  Today I had a really bad case of the saps.  I started reading birthday cards and the waterworks couldn't be stopped.  So many cards with so much love in their text.  How to pick one? 

The problem is that they don't make a card that says what I want it to say:

"You are strong, you are lovely, it sucks that your birthday this year is in the hospital but next year will be better.  You are more awesome then I already knew."
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