Can you give me a hand?

Haylee has blessed my life for over eight years now. Eight years of wonderful memories, great smiles and lots of hugs and kisses. For over eight years we have lived with five fingers and five nubbs. We have been asked what Amniotic Band Syndrome is more times then I could even begin to count. ABS is a part of our daily life since the day Haylee was born. But there are still times I forget that Haylee only has nubbs on her left hand.

I know what you are thinking how could I forget my daughter was born with only five fingers. Well there are many different reasons why I forget. First and most important is that Haylee has adapted in ways that you could not imagine. She does anything and everything I can do but with one hand.

The second reason that I forget so much is because we don’t make an issue of Haylee only having five fingers. The less issue you make of things the less issue it really is. We don’t hid it, be ashamed of it or care what others think of it. Haylee is perfect in our eyes and does not have a disability. I believe that if you make a huge issue of the disablity then your child will also make a huge issue of it also.

Next time you ask for a hand, remember it does not matter if it is a big hand or a little hand. It is the body, mind and spirit that is connected to that hand that matters the most.