Nichole is five months old!
Time flies by, and at the same time, I feel like she has always been around.
More and more I realize how perfect she is for our family. At least she is perfect for me. The Lord has used this baby to do in me, many marvelous and wonderful things. I am not the same person, and that is because God chose a little baby with Down syndrome, to change my life forever!
The Bible does not talk about Down syndrome, actually, I have always wondered if some of the characters we read about had Trisomy 21. Back then, there was no label, they were just people. As a mom, I wish my daughter didn't have to grow up with that label either. However, back then, they did have labels for other disabilities, and I found a story about a blind man. His story has encouraged me and confirmed in my heart what the Lord's plan is for Nichole.
"As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind."
"Neither this man nor his parents sinned" said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life."
The work of God will be displayed in my daughter's life! In Nichole's life! And you know? It already is.
I feel like I have learned so many lessons, so profound, so mysterious. And she is only five months old! I have so much to look forward to!



