Bravery

As I said somewhere in my Blog yesterday I am a mother of two, parenting three... now, most people would assume that the third person is my husband (lol..he's the fourth) however, the third child is my nephew Tyler. He is a bright, smiley, big hearted young man who will be turning eleven in about a month.

Tyler has not always been with us. This is actually a very recent transformation in our lives. In April 2010 Tyler's Mother, Leah, was in a bad car accident. She was going 90mph in a 45 zone, swirved to miss a car, rolled and flew out her back window. With internal bleeding, head trauma, a missing hip and eye (torn out while she slid down the pavement), and numerous broken bones she was not expected to live. However, she did but with little brain activity and meanwhile her son needed someone to take him in.

Now your probably wondering where the fuck his Dad is right? Well Josh, my brother in-law, and Leah have not been together for some time now. He is a loving father with an unfortunate job as a truck driver. Josh's work schedule requires him to be gone quite often over the road. So ninty percent of the time Tyler is with us. Sadly we do not live in the town he was attending school and this meant yet another change for him that he took very well. Today was his first day at his new school, and as I snuck into my neighbors yard with a pair of binoculars in hand and watched him wait nervously for his bus, I was so proud of him. Most adults I know could not endure as much pain, go through THAT MUCH change, and still where a smile on their faces.

I should also mention that about eight weeks ago Leah's family thought that it was time to pull the plug. She was going to be moved closer to home so the family could all make it. The day before they were going to move her she miraculously came to. She pointed to her mom in the corner of the room and blew everyone away with her daily progress after that. Leah still has a long ways to go and will likely not ever be the same. Pray for her, pray for Tyler, and pray for my family to do the best job we can to raise a boy who deserves lots of love and more hugs than he can handle.


~mrs.boss