See the Good in Everything

I don't recall what started it all.  For a while I did, I could remember every word, every sentence and exchange, now I just see the looks and I feel the impact that those words I held onto for so many months still have on me today.  My mother plays soccer, indoor during the winter months, and it was December. The year had been a long and trying year, as all of them seem to have been. I played soccer when I was younger, when I was very young my mom and my stepdad coached my team, and then in highschool I almost played an entire season before my dad made me quit the team. Yes , I was forced to quit the team as a sophomore in highschool. Why? Well that would be because one day, my grandmother was unable to pick me up, so one of the girls gave me a ride to my grandmothers house since she lived right down the road. I went to my grandma's on the days I had practice, and my grandma paid for my extracirriculars, and was the only constant at every one of my games- home or away....

The time that has passed is beyond immense so I shall attempt to fill the gap with my bursting memories, thoughts and outlooks in what time I have for after all, time is the one thing that we never seem to get any more of no matter how hard we try. Little man was in fact diagnosed with a Posterior Laryngeal Cleft. What does that mean? It means that the back of his throat was not formed properly- so this COULD have been the reason that he had issues from the get go- but at the end of the day, it appears a problem was found so that males me happy. After one round of a temporary fill, the doctor wanted to do a second round, just to make sure that it would in fact correct the problem. I wouldn't allow it, and pushed for the permanent surgery. After seeing the immediate results of the temporary, I didn't want my child under two more surgeries just to see if we could duplicate the results. The surgery went incredibly well! He has been gaining as he should be, and there are NO...