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| Bethany Joan Marie, age 4 |
Christmas brings out the beauty and tenderness of the holiday and our experiences. Bethany Joan Marie starred as the smiling Christmas girl at the age of four. Erin Joy did not have the same Christmas outfit, but she had all the nurses laughing at every possible joke. Any nurse who sounded angry - and meant it - was awarded with peals of laughter, the more serious, the better.
One baby boy at the hospital could only smile when he heard sometime good. His neurological disorder was more like a dream while our girls were quite alert in many ways, but not very much in movement. The mother at the hospital posted this note above her son's crib. John 9:1ff.
John 9:1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
As I told many people, the very special adults and children are almost invisible to most of them. However, a few gentle glances change a lot. Many times they are the most sensitive in many ways and lots of fun besides. I can see Bethany and Erin Joy in a panorama of expressions. They taught children and adults in their own ways. Many a nurse found out how much depth is in a special, and many parents in need of encouragement and patience.
