Posted by Kathryn Hall Cape on Wednesday, July 7, 2010
I had an appointment to go to Duke University Hospital to see an eye doctor. They say I need another surgery..and possibly a cornea transplant. That news wasn't the hard part of the trip! You see, Jimma had to make regular trips there to see her metabolic doctor (Dr. Koeberl) .... Everything about the trip brought a flood of memories....It seems that every turn we made I could see the ghosts of the past. I remember, when Jimma got older, as we pulled up to the front entrance of the hospital, my baby would bury her head in my chest..She knew there would be a lot of poking and needles ahead for her. But she didn't fail to smile as she greeted the dr. and nurses she came to recognize as her friends. O how I miss the feeling of her hugs and head nuzzeling into my shoulder. I want to be able to face whatever trials I have left on this earth as graciously as Jimma did!! I want to carry God's love to whomever I am lead.. just the way that she did!! I want to smile in the midst of my trials the way I saw her smile through her struggles!! I want to be as close to my maker as she was while she was on this earth!! And when I meet a stranger....I want them to know they really count....the way Jimma did.......Is this too much to ask?  Often I told my angel that I wanted to be just like her when I finally grow up..........