When Emma was just a few weeks or months old my mum contacted me about a segment on a local news show in England. It was one of those human interest stories that you don't necessarily pay attention to. But on this occasion the words Moebius Syndrome were mentioned.
Those two words that flipped our world around. You just know my parents were glued to the TV!
The story, about a girl named Emma who didn't smile, but was doing gymnastics at school with the other kids.
For parents who suddenly had no idea what the future held for their baby girl, this was a ray of sunlight in a cloudy sky! Maybe, just maybe our Emma Hope might one day also be able to do something like that!
I never forgot about the story, and was so excited to eventually connect with Emma on Facebook in the past couple of years.
And now, this week Emma will start gymnastics classes. Though she might not have the skills of Gabby Douglas, this is so HUGE. It's really just hitting me, the way this all played out, and how faithful God is to answer a prayer uttered years ago, in a vague hope.
Here she is practicing from a library book she brought home on Friday!
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