Happy Birthday Maddy

Maddy turned 10 today. I am going to steal from a friend and tell you a GOD story about Maddy. Mike and I had been married three years when we found out we were expecting Maddy. We had owned a small trucking company with 5 semi trucks at the time. We were in the middle of going under financially, we were losing the trucks, our home, and this baby was the absolute last thing we needed at the time. We were living in Atlanta, and so we packed up everyting in storage, and I went on the road with Mike for two months and we just worked non stop truck driving. Well because of my husbands effort and drive to support us we were able to wade through losing everything and rent a home in Eustis. Mike left again (I was 6 months pregnant) and ran non stop California and back loads for the next 2 months. When he came home in December (9months preggo, now) he gave up his last truck and went to work for a local truck driving company. Maddy came in January and everything was still tight but settling down. In March of that year Mike was hit head on by a semi truck and lost his left arm and ravaged his left leg. He lost 2 inches of bone in his femur. Worse than all of that was the brain injury he suffered. He literally could not communicate emotionally with anyone. He spent a month in ICU and another month at Florida South Brain Injury unit relearning everyday activities. Anyway the point to this story is that Maddy who seemed like the most ill timed baby ever , was God's amazing blessing to our family. Her sweet happy temperment was the healing balm for my and my husbands soul. She gave him a purpose to not only go on but to be the father and husband he was meant to be. He has never once regretted the loss of his arm, nor did he ever spend any time mourning what he did not have. I believe that without Maddy it would have been quite a different road. So God's timing is PERFECT, and oh what a blessing each child is...We love you MADDY