Happy 6th birthday Gideon!!

We were told you wouldn’t make it to your first birthday. And as it got close, we learned a new statistic. “PBD kids who make it to their first birthday, have a 77% chance of making it to school age.”

At the time of your diagnosis, there were no more solid statistics on how long you would live.  We were told you would “write your own story.” And what a story it has been!

We believe you will continue to defy all odds, because you are, after all, a mighty wwarrior. You are fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:13-14), created this way for a mighty purpose. (John 9:1-3).

You have taught me what it means to love unconditionally.

You have taught me that my happiness is not determined by my circumstances.

You have taught me that the Lord is my portion and I need not fear the future.

You have shown me (and the world) that a person’s worth is not the sum of his or her abilities or inabilities.

You are changing a world that you cannot see. You’ve done more with your first 6 years of life than many will do in a lifetime. And I am so incredibly proud to be your mom.

So happy 6th birthday Gideon! I’m so thankful God has loaned you to me and your father. I will cherish every moment that He allows you to be here. (Job 14:5, Psalm 139:16)

Love.

Mom

PS: Your big sister Laynie says she loves you so much! And so does your little brother and little sister!

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“As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.
John 9:1‭-‬3 ESV
https://bible.com/bible/59/jhn.9.1-3.ESV

“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.”
Psalms 139:13‭-‬14 ESV
https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.139.13-14.ESV

“A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.”
Job 14:5 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/job.14.5.NIV

“Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.”
Psalms 139:16 ESV
https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.139.16.ESV