".........and to think 18 years ago the Doctor told me I could institutionalize my daughter Olivia." Times have changed. Seasons have passed. Wisdom and understanding have given hope to the future of many, specifically those with Special Needs. Truly we can't change the past, but we can sure help to shape the future.
No way would we institutionalize our daughter. Our gift!!! She may have come wrapped in a different wrapping paper than we anticipated, but she was (and is) still a gift.
Eighteen years have passed. And here she is a Senior at Emmaus High School, getting ready to go to her Senior Prom. Thank you for all those who believed with us that this day was possible!!
She is beautiful, happy, loving, caring, bright, compassionate, a great dancer, determined, a worshipper, funny, resiliant and the list can go on. Though she will graduate in June, she will continue to attend Emmaus as a post graduate preparing for adult transition. Her passion and gift is working with children, which she is presently doing at school with the Work Based Learning and also at church in the Children's Ministry. We are so proud of her. We believe in her and her purpose.
It's a New Season and we believe Olivia will continue to grow and surpass expectations and limitations....... We thank God for His faithfulness!
Go 'Liv
EHS '10
Love Mom and Dad
