tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603106951187087392.post2009221081323167756..comments2023-11-02T10:14:19.852-04:00Comments on Meagan: This Is WhyMolly and Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12628604964813380274noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-603106951187087392.post-84061279905755194902013-03-02T18:12:25.596-05:002013-03-02T18:12:25.596-05:00My (older) middle brother was born with a congenit...My (older) middle brother was born with a congenital heart defect and the doctors wouldn't bring him to my mother for a long time in the hospital. After much persistence they allowed her to come see him. They never expected him to leave the hospital. He lived to be 34 years old. <br /><br />I always heard people say, "Oh, we don't care as long as he or she is healthy." I remember my mother getting really mad one time when someone responded this way to her question of, "What are you having?" I later asked her why she was so upset, not knowing why as an innocent teenager. Don't all parents just want for a healthy baby? <br /><br />She said that Richie wasn't a healthy baby. He wasn't a healthy boy, and he wasn't going to be a healthy adult, either. But that never, ever, not for one second, changed the love that she, I, or anyone else who knew him felt for him. <br /><br />It was then that I understood. Maggie Roehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685512739716879834noreply@blogger.com