The Best Mother's Day Present Ever

Was given to me 15 years ago

I was 30 weeks pregnant with my first child.

In the middle of the night, my water broke.

My husband and I were very scared

We called the doctor, He said he'd meet us at the emergency room at the hospital

After I was examined, I was told that my little one wanted to enter this

world of ours sooner then he was supposed to. My body was trying to go into labor, but it was too early

The doctor said I'd have to stay in bed with my legs up and try to keep this little package inside for a few more weeks.

Ten days later, on May 13th 1984 our first son, Geoffrey Kraig was born.

This day happened to be Mother's Day. He weighed in at 3lbs and only 13 ounces.

Oh God does work in mysterious ways, but what a precious little package my little one was, "My Little Handful."

The doctors all said that he was in grave danger, he might not survive. They kept him hooked up to all kinds of monitors.

He lived his first 10 weeks of life in an incubator in the intensive care unit

Each day that went by, he gained a little weight, not to much but enough that when he got to 5 lbs. We were able to take him home.

He was so tiny. We didn't know what was going to happen, but we decided

to take it one day at a time and do the best we could do for our baby.

We saw a so-called top Pediatric Neurologist who told us that Geoffrey was

Never going to achieve an intelligence level of more then a 3 year old

and that we should consider putting him in an institution.

He said that he would never be able to think or talk

Guess what my friends? Geoffrey proved him wrong

He is now a freshman at Mendham High School and doing great in school

He loves his classes and belongs to two after school clubs.

His interests include sports, cooking, and politics. He works very

hard after school everyday, either with his physical

therapist, occupational therapist, or his personal trainer.

He plans to attend college after graduation from high school.

Our life has not been an easy one, but I don't think anyone has it easy.

And if they tell you they do, they have to be lying. In the 15 years

Geoffrey has been with us he hasn't missed much in life. He has

also met some pretty special people Like Donald Trump, Walt Frazier,

Barry Bonds, David Cone, Don Imus, Bill Parcells, Yogi Berra just to name a few.

He sat on the Knicks bench at Madison Square Garden and even went

into their locker room. He has flown to 22 states and 4 countries.

So you see this is not a bored kid

We have another son who is 15 months younger then Geoffrey, is

also a freshman in high school. They get along just like any 2 brother's

so close in age. They fight like cats and dogs, but

on the other hand, they love each other and are always looking out

for the other. Geoffrey has a great quote and I try to share this

with others, and people that don't know him

"CP DOESN'T DEFINE WHO HE IS"