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The Baby: Keisha's Story (Keisha Williams, aged 2) (As Told By Kelly, Big Sister, aged 11) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Rated "G" by the Author.
Finally, meet the last Williams child, two-year-old Keisha. This is her story, as told by her sister, Kelly, aged 11.
This is NOT the last you will hear from the Williams family! As with my other characters I have featured in past stories, there will be updates from time to time.
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If there is anyone who attracts a lot of attention in our family (and we ALL do that for obvious reasons!), it is none other than our baby sister, Keisha, who is all of two years old.
Keisha has Down's syndrome. She was born with an extra chromosome, and this made her mentally handicapped. She will always be slower to learn; but she is still very cute with her wild black hair sticking crazily out from her head, huge, dark eyes that miss very little, cute snub nose, and round, fat-cheeked face that cause people to stop and look at her and go "AAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!". People forget of her disabilities when they see her because she is just so darned CUTE!
She is also very spoiled...and KNOWS it. She is a people-person DELUXE, and she is ALWAYS doing something cute or adorable to bring attention to herself. It sometimes drives me crazy because there are other kids in the family BESIDES Keisha; yet, when people see us, Keisha is ALWAYS the first one to be seen because of ONE thing: she is THE Baby, and babies ARE cute anyway, so this causes people to pay attention to her first before they see the rest of us.
Like most babies, Keisha is just discovering the world about her, and life is nothing but a grand and neverending adventure, one adventure after another, and everything can bring on a sense of discovery and pure excitement. She is talking a blue streak now, and she walks quite well for her age. She is also curious, and she is full of questions. She may not be as retarded as doctors think, and that is always a good thing (and a HUGE relief for Mama!). She isn't toilet-trained yet (she is still in diapers), but we think that when she is good and ready, she should be before she reaches the age of four. She is rather clumbsy in nature (a lot of it has to do with her Down's syndrome), so she is receiving weekly physical and occupational therapies, and even though it may be therapy, to her it is nothing but one more exciting and grand adventure for her to embark on, and she loves being with the therapists, especially when they tickle her or play with her. She is a very happy child, and she always seems to bring out the very best in people.
Like most babies her age, Keisha loves to look at her reflection in the mirror or have people play or interact with her, and she laughs often. She is hardly ever cross: the only times she IS cross is when she is hungry, sick, or has a full or wet diaper; but any other time she is smiling or laughing uproariously. She loves to be around people, as I just mentioned, and she loves being the center of attention.
Keisha is too young to know about being adopted and all; she has always known Kendra as "Mommy", whereas the rest of us can remember our real parents. Keisha probably was put up for adoption because her real family couldn't cope with her mental disabilities; so they wanted to give her to another family more suited to raise her and meet her special needs. This is where mama comes in, and I am so glad she did because I think Kendra is such a sweet-natured and happy little baby! She is a cutie, and I am awfully glad that she is my little sister!
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