Those who love other people's children….

There are many things I miss about school nursing.

Waking up at 530 each morning is not one of them.

One of my favorite things were meeting special needs 

children and their parents. 

This morning, having her permission,

I want to share of one special woman,

one that is the epitome of Motherhood.

What makes her even more special is the fact that

the majority of her babies were born from a different

mother. Yes, she is a foster Mother who adopt 

children with special needs, those children who

rarely get out of homes, 

The first time I met Keecia, she was enrolling 

her last special needs child in our school,

he was the brother of another of her girls

and she wanted them together forever.

I was in awe of her, already with I think four special

needs little girls, she was going to take this special little boy.

This child, this little Nat (going to call for blog purposes) 

was the cutest little thing I had ever seen.

A form of growth disorder, he was almost 11 and the size

of a 4 year old with the cutest little face that tended

to remind me of my favorite movie,

WIZARD OF OZ 

when Dorothy visits Munchkin land.

He was hyper and nervous and one thing

about him, always , always smiling.

He was in love with his "new" momma

and knowing sister was coming to stay forever soon too

had him always smiling. I loved him because he was loud,

like me, and everyone, everyone at school loved him 

immediately. But it was this woman, the woman with so 

much patience for this high strung child that had me

mesmerized. Through our conversation, we found that

my dear childhood friend, Tanial, was also a friend of hers

having worked with some of her children in her home as

Tanial is an APE/special needs teacher.

I know two people who I admire for their love of other

peoples children, so much so, that they take them in 

their home and give them normalcy, Keecia and Faith Albert.

The reason for the blog is, last week, Keecia had to bury

Nat's sweet sister, L. Born with a heart condition, she

contracted a virus around her heart and her little body

just could not fight it. If anyone thinks, 

"Well at least it was not her birth child"

You are wrong, this woman loves these probably more

than some of us love our own children.

She was distraught and yet her worries were for her

other children, most especially her Nat.

She shares on Facebook:

Nothing like the stillness in a sleeping house! Urghh, please keep my lil boy in prayer as we lay my daughter..Laura Grace (his bio sister), the only constant in his life, to rest tomorrow morning, some people may never understand... but I WILL do whats best for my children, even if it makes others uncomfortable, I may be a lot of things...loud..opinionated...pigheaded...even a bitch, BUT I will ALWAYS HAVE MY CHILDREN'S BACK!!! Much love to all the people who are there for us..family, close friends, even strangers, it will never be forgotten!!!

And right there, this shows you what a special woman this

person is. I am so proud to call her friend.

She would be the first to tell you she is not perfect,

not to mess with her kids are you going to see a Lion protecting

her cubs. With all the pain she had it was her sweet Nat she

was most concerned with.

Love you dear, Keecia.

Without women like you in this world, there would be many

more lost children in this world.

So sorry for you loss, but thank you, thank you, thank you,

For all the great things you do for the children of the World.

God made only a few like you.

Nat and his sister, Laura who now lives with the angels!

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