The following are really weird things about me... might be way to honest, but they are really true!
1. I was adopted when I was 6 weeks old. I never knew my biological parents and my adoptive parents only received a short letter about who gave me up at birth. I never knew names, height, weight, hair color... nothing.
2. When I was 22 I worked at the same place as my Biological mother and did not know it. I had to get a copy of my original birth certificate and my biological parents names were listed. One day I mentioned my biological mother's name to my supervisor (I worked at a State Hospital) and he said not only did he know her but I had worked with her because she was 'the big supervisor'.
3. After I met my biological mother I moved to a different town and applied for a position with the local hospital. It ended up the person who interviewed with was the DON.... my biological father. YES... this is totally true.
4. I met a boy named Steve the summer of 1991 and we became instant friends.... best friends. We wrestled, fought, I bit him and drew blood several times... we were like brother and sister. He had two younger sisters and I had two younger brothers so we treated each other like family. We went away to college together, dated other people and used to laugh when people said we should date. I was super good looking and he was a short dork. Okay, I made that last part up, but he was not my type because he was 119lbs and 5'8 and I was attracted to guys over 6'0. However, we did always say we would someday get married because you should marry your best friend... as we were very best friends. After I married someone else in 1993 and so did he, we were still friends. Eventually I got divorced and so did he... and we were still just friends. One day after not seeing him for quite some time I went by his work. He walked towards me and I and thought "this is the most handsome man I have ever seen". He was 6'3 and 185lbs. That was Feb 28th, 1996. We were married August 15th 1997 and together since. When he walks into the front door and I see him... I still think "this is the most handsome man I have every seen". Oh... and did I mention he's a firefighter AND just won "Firefighter of the year for 2010"!
5. During my pregnancy with our middle daughter I knew there was something wrong... I just felt there was something wrong with the baby. The doctor would not listen to me until I went into preterm labor at 20 weeks. A sonogram was done and I was sent by ambulance to a large hospital with a specialist. After hours of testing, my husband and I were told that the baby had a cyst the size of her head inside of her left lung, they could not see any live lung tissue in her right lung because the cyst was so large it was taking up the space of both lungs and they could only find two valves of her heart (we have four). Long story short, we went to three doctors visits a week and each time were told that our baby had a 0 - 2% chance of survival and no other child with what our daughter was suffering from had ever survived. When I went into early labor at 34 weeks I was the size of someone who was 42 weeks because our baby was unable to swallow the fluid surrounding her... so I got bigger and bigger the bigger she grew. Salyn (pronounced 'Say - Lynn') beat the odds and survived the birth, surgery and came home 28 days after she was born. Her 11th birthday is tomorrow and we could not be happier to have her here with us everyday!
Those are 5 odd things about me... please feel free to share, comment or just read.
Hugs to all!
Keira