A Blessed Childhood
13 years ago when I was 8 my mother was diagnosed with APS. Depressing, right? Well not for me.
When I first found out that my mother was very ill with this disease I was scared at first but the fear went away after time. I can remember back before she was diagnosed when we would play badminton and frog ball in the front yard at our house, and also when we would take long walks in the park and feed the ducks. That all quickly changed when she was diagnosed with APS. There was no more badminton or frog ball, and no more walks in the park. I then began to think that my mother got tired of playing with me, but as I got older and understood what was going on I could see why it didn't happen anymore.
Once I was old enough to participate in school activities such as orchestra and choir I then learned my mom cared very much about what mattered to me. She took great pains to attend orchestra and choir concerts. At the time I didn't know the pain that it took to attend, but in all those years she only missed 2 of my concerts.
I then took everything with a grain of salt. I started to become a lot more appreciative of the things she did for me; a lot of them she shouldn't do anymore but she pushed herself just so she could see me happy.
All in all I had a very good childhood thanks to my mother loving me the way she did, and I will never forget what she has done for me. The most important thing was that even before the APS was I had always been brought up in church and then after she was diagnosed with APS we had an even stronger faith in The Lord Jesus Christ. You know, some kids take their childhood for granted but I can call my childhood blessed, because the good Lord protected me and my mother and gave us what we needed whether we wanted it or not. I know that's what got me and my mom thru my childhood, The Grace of Lord Jesus Christ. And thru Him all things are possible.
Aaron Johnson
1/22/09