My most Determined Mom!

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Hello, I wish to tell you guys about my mom. She is 63 years old and was born with Cerebral Palsy. She fought all her life to prove to people that she was not retarded and that not everyone with Cerebral Palsy is retarded. Her own parents did not want her because they thought she would grow up retarded. She was raised in orphanages and in foster homes. By the time she was 14 they pulled all her top teeth because they thought she was not aware enough to make anything of her life and in the 50's it was cheaper to pull her teeth then give her good dental care. When she became a young adult she met my dad and they got married. She was told she would never have children, again she proved everyone wrong. Her first child a son, died soon after birth, but my mom didn't give up. She always wanted a blood relative who would love her and so that's how I came to be. She truly wanted me and I am so glad she did! Every thing was going good until my dad wondered away from her and started looking at other women. That was when I was 8 years old, they divorced and mom would work at whatever job she could get. When I was in High school in 1990 my mom contracted encephalitis. She was in ICU and they thought she would die. I was 16 years old. I was terrified and did not know where to turn. The doctors and nurses allowed me to stay with her even giving me a cot to sleep on next to here bed. Mom stayed in ICU for a few weeks and then was transfered to progressive care. I would take her hand and hold it and we would pray together, she was conscious but could not use her arms and legs. She was partially paralyzed. She remained in progressive care for 3 months and then went to a rehabilitation center for Therapy to teach her how to help herself. after 3 months more of rehab she was not able to do much like feed herself and walk and dress herself. The doctors told me to place her in a nursing home. I told them that no one was going to put my mom in a nursing home. So I took her home and we went about our daily life with me aiding her and having a nurse to the house three times a week. I took care of her the best I could while finishing my high school at home. The next doctor visit the doctor told her she would never walk or help herself again. My mom turned to him and said: "just watch me, I will walk again." My mom then became very serious and tried hard to deal with things. She concentrated on helping others worse off then she was. You see my mom has great faith in God and she would telephone people just to share a positive message and to make the other persons life easier. You see my mom is a minister of God and she still to this day helps others. She volunteers her time to help any who want to learn about God. She remained in the wheel chair from the end of 1990- 1997. When she returned to the doctor and the doctor told her he did not know what she was doing but to keep doing it . Mom just said with a smile on her face, "I am just preaching the good news and finding the positive in my situation. Mom is still preaching and still has disabilities but she is remarkable to me in her determination of doing what she makes up her mind to do. She has taught me four major things in life. 1- Never doubt the help God offers to us, if we have and place our faith and trust in the one who has Created us, he knows our bodies better then we do or any doctor does. What man can't fix, God can! 2- Whatever we want to do in life we can if we have determination and a positive attitude. 3- We need to want to help others and stop feeling sorry for our lot in life. When my mom stopped feeling sorry for her lot in life, she made good improvements. 4 Being positive works good for others and in the long run works what is good towards ourselves. Thank you for reading this, Jadona2006