Happy Sweet 16th Birthday, Lilly!

Happy 250th birthday, America! 🎆 And happy 16th birthday, Lilly! ♥️🤍💙 Lilly was born almost two weeks past her due date but that's ok - I love that she was born on Independence Day and had such a fight in her to live. (Hence her nickname "Little Firecracker". 🧨🧨) I wonder how she's celebrating in heaven today. 🥳 I've been thinking this would have been the year I took her to the DMV for her driver's license and that she'd only have a couple years left of homeschool. That would have been if she were "normal". But even though I didn't define Lilly by her having Trisomy 18, it was obviously a huge part of who she was. So would I go back and change that about her? At first maybe, but as I got to know her as the beautiful little girl she was - no. I don't think I would change it. (I know that must sound bizarre to many, but I think other parents in the same situation understand what I'm trying to say.) I still miss you every day, Lilly! 😇💕