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For My Xander
by Sue Saladino
copyright 06-12-2001


Age Rating: 18 to 127

 
They said you can't adopt this child,
There simply is no way,
He's blind and deaf - a vegetable,
He'll die most anyday.

We only saw your beauty,
And all that you could be,
They said that we were crazy,
We wouldn't "face reality".

They sent you to a place to die,
While we fought to bring you home,
We held you and we loved you,
To let you know you weren't alone.

You survived the many surgeries,
Procedures, pokes and prods,
Showing them your will to live,
You defied all their odds.

The day of your adoption,
Brought us so much joy,
You were everything we'd hoped for,
Our perfect baby boy.

They don't acknowledge your accomplishments,
"His heart and lungs are weak, you know."
The will not see how far you've come,
Only how far you have to go.

The infection that you are fighting,
They say could be your last,
But none of their predictions,
Have ever come to pass.

We put our trust in other things,
Like faith and love and hope,
They keep our family together,
And help us all to cope.

Someday God will come and take you,
But I won't regret one minute,
Because I can't imagine what my world,
Would have been like without you in it.

Sue Saladino (January 1999)


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06-14-2005 Anthony Lane Stahlhut    

Children are all special and some are ever more precious. This was a very heart wrenching poem and I had tears in my eyes at the end. Thanks, Anthony
04-01-2001 Beverley McInnis    

Beautiful tribute! I recall as a nurse caring for children who were deemed "vegetables" and should only be put into institutions to be forgotten. Still, we held, cuddled, rocked and sang to the children - moving the tubes and IV lines to the side. No, they were not unfeeling objects, all those children were beautiful, warm human beings and I'm thankful I had the opportunity to know them during their short time on earth.




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