Hello Jill!
Thank you so much for your wonderful words. I did have to get a box of tissues. Ah yes, Veronica brought up memories that I had packed up neatly and thrown away. By the way, her attacker got 8 years in jail. You can mess with me, but don't mess with my kid!
Veronica was born a premie, two months early. She was so fragile, and I was so afraid I would lose her back then, that I have always treated her as my precious jewel.
Then when she was seven years old, she came down with Kawasaki's Disease. Back then there were no antibiotics. Again, I thought I would lose her. Miraculously, she lived. Very few children survive this illness.
Through the trials during her growing up years, both hers and mine, we became bonded and she will always be my best friend, my precious jewel.
Love,
Luella
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