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  Cerebral palsy is defined as a weakness and lack of coordination of the muscles, resulting from damage (lack of oxygen) at or before birth. Ciera's Lyrics You were born with an incurable disability, A condition which affects your thoughts and mobility. Cerebral palsy; caused from lack of oxygen to the brain. Until the end; this will be your life's bane. Everyone is touched by your sweet, gentle way. Your bright eyes and smile can light up a day. You have pretty skin and silky, curly hair Baby girl wet kisses, you always share. They said that you would never do very much; Now you are kneeling, crawling and your toys you clutch. You're a miracle to all that you are around You lovingly respond to bright lights and loud sounds. You smile, cry and sometimes you giggle Little girl you always must wiggle. Moving and on the go when you are awake. Your loving soul gives, yet never will take. Tammy 4/8/05 WELCOME TO HOLLAND by Emily Perl Kingsley "When you're going to have a baby, it's like you're planning a vacation to Italy. You're all excited. You get a whole bunch of guidebooks and you learn a few phrases in Italian so you can gert around. When it comes time, you pack your bags and head for the airport-for Italy. Only when you land, the stewardess says. "Welcome to Holland.' You look at one another in disbelief and shock and say, "Holland? What are you talking about? I signed up for Italy!" But you do stay. You go out and buy some new guidebooks. You learn some new phrases and you meet people you never knew existed. The important thing is that you are not in a filthy, plague-infested slum full of pestilence and famine. You are simply in a different place than you had planned. It's slower-paced than Italy, and less flashy than Italy, but after youe've been there a little while and you have a chance to catch your breath you begin to discover that Holland has windmills. Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts. But everyone else you know is busy coming and going from Italy, They' re all bragging about what a great time they had there and for the rest of your life you will say, 'yes, that's where I was going. That's what I had planned.' The pain of that will never go away. You have to accept that pain because the loss of that dream, the loss of that plan is a very, very significant loss. But if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you will never be free to enjoy the very lovely things about Holland. (Diane Crutcher, executive director of the National Down Syndrome Congress, described to a convention audience what it feels like to have a child with Down Syndrome.)
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