Jasmine was born with a cleft palate and lip (along with many other anomalies). She was born in Valdosta, flown by helicopter to Shands in Gainesville, and 10 days later returned to the Valdosta hospital. Later I got a call. It was love at first sight. I had the joy of taking her home from the hospital at 21 days old. I learned about the Cleft Foundation, and I wrote to them and explained that I had a foster child who had a cleft lip and palate. I asked them if they could sen

If you've had a child graduate, you know the feeling of "how did we get here so quickly?" And that is more true for some children than others. I have a child entering her senior year that I am not ready to let go of. I took her home from the hospital at 21 days old, and it's been an amazing journey since then. Going home day at about three weeks old. She really is an angel. First birthday. I don't want to try to count how many surgeries and therapies we've been in since the d