Tonight is a good time for reflection. I just received a facebook comment from Sydney's pediatrician's wife. He was one of our first visitors at the hospital, Victor Ince, MD. He was a big teddy bear of a man, with rather unruly hair and a salt and pepper beard.
He bounced into the hospital room with a huge smile on his face. The first words out of his mouth were, "Congratulations folks, you have just become the parents of a very special child!" From that moment on, and although we'd never met him before, we knew Sydney was going to be in a warm and caring physician's hands.
And so she was...
Victor Ince died a few years back. He had retired due to poor health, but we have always missed his wise advice, his encouraging and loving ways. Sydney's start in life, with such a caring doctor, has been reflected many times and in so many ways, throughout the years.
Today as we ate lunch with her dear friend, Charlotte, she spoke of times in school when other kids called her a "retard." We agreed it wasn't very nice, but also that perhaps they were retards, too...
It made me think how wise Sydney has become; how far she has come down the pathway of life and how much she has impacted so many along the way.
We are so grateful for her coming into our lives 26 years ago - and we continue to marvel at the guileless, yet intelligent adult she is becoming.
Happy birthday, Sydney... you have more joy into our lives than we could ever say.
I love you so very much and so does your dad. xoxoxo Mom
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Great post, I'm not sure I had heard that story about Dr. Ince before. Very cool. Yeah, Sydney is growing up, well, she's OLD, you know? Very old! Old, old, old, old!!!
I'm doing what big brothers do best. I still love her though, even if she does need a cane to get across the street.
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