She now was in her 23rd hour of labor with her fifth child the longest yet by a long shot but she could feel something different with this child something unusual, the same feeling she felt with her second child and it turned out he happened to have autism something she wouldn’t change for the world. He changed her life around for the best. “Its time” said the doctor.

“Finally” said the women thankfully but it was not until an hour later the baby was born, a beautiful baby girl the doctor smiled looking at the baby but after a moment or two a funny expression came on his face then he whispered something to the nurse. But this did not bother the woman she just wanted to spend time with her new born baby who just opened her eyes for the first time.

About an hour later a woman walked in “Hi” she said “I’m Marion the hospital paediatrician do you mind if I have a look at your baby just to see if everything’s up and running well?” The women unwillingly handed over her baby girl. The paediatrician did to what looked like some routine tests when she was done she frowned “I ... I’m sorry to say this” she started but I think your baby has down syndrome the women’s heart dropped and she nodded. Hours later the diagnosis was confirmed and a few days later they left back home to the rest of the children.

For months she grew to love her baby more and more she was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen and for months she would tell her story every time getting the answer “oh I’m so sorry” at first she agreed understanding why people would say that but then her heart would fight back “why are they sorry?” so one day while telling her story to a complete stranger and getting the answer “oh I’m sorry” she answered with what she wanted to say “why are you sorry? Can’t you see she’s surly a gift from heaven? We can’t go anywhere without people saying how beautiful or cute she is. She brings light to everyone’s day when all we see is darkness so if that’s being sorry I don’t want to see what’s being happy for me.” And with that she shifted her baby to her other hip and walked away.