I believe you should always be thankful for who you have. Very few people really understand how it feels to know you could lose someone really important to you forever. Never again getting the chance to tell them how you truly feel about them or show them how much they mean to you. They take life for granted, don’t mind fighting with loved ones, and most of all... they can’t grow up and be happy for what they have.
Unlike them, I do, and every day I am so incredibly thankful for who I have. Being the oldest of five siblings is very difficult, but I’m so glad there are five of us; we almost only had three. My youngest two siblings, Jaden (7) and Stone (3), are both miracle babies. When my mom was pregnant with Jaden, the doctors did many expensive tests, all of which came back positive for Down Syndrome. The doctors didn’t think my mom would be able to raise a child with severe Down Syndrome and tried to convince her that an abortion would be the best option. My mom refused, but she took many classes to prepare herself. On February 14, 2005, Valentine’s Day, my baby sister was born and better yet, she was born healthy. They had mis-diagnosed her. Today, she is still extremely healthy. Although she does repeat herself a lot and she has a slight stutter, Jaden is one of the smartest first graders in her class. I am extremely thankful that I have her. When she was younger I was the only one able to get her to sleep during her nap; she has always been my little girl. Even though she is my sister, I definitely think of her as my own.
My brother Stone was born on April 12, 2009, which was Easter. He also was very healthy, but has had a lot of tests done as well. Stone was supposed to be born a triplet, but we did not know this until after he was born when my mom delivered Stone and his placenta as normal. But she also delivered a water sack that was unbroken. The sack contained two more unborn babies, and both of their placentas. Stone was the only baby, of three, to survive. He was also the only baby we were aware of during the entire pregnancy. Every time my mom got an ultrasound only one baby would show up, the other two were in a separate water sack that was behind the one Stone was in. During the ultra sounds other heart beats were heard but we were always told they were just echoes from Stone. This hasn’t made much of an impact on us, since we were only prepared for one baby, but knowing the fact that he was the lucky one, the one who made it out of three babies, makes my heart warm. He could have very easily been in the same sack and still-born like the other babies.
What I have learned from Jaden is it is best to prepare for the worst but really wish for the best. You never know what life will throw at you, and most of the times it isn’t very fun. Stone taught me that even when life gives you bad things, no matter what there will be some good hidden deep down. The impact Jaden and Stone have made on my life, is definitely life-changing. I am thankful that they are there, I am thankful I can play with them, fight with them, take care of them, and definitely thankful I can love them and teach them new things as they grow older each day.
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