As Hope Grows, I Shrink

Some of you remember when I posted about my sister's baby, Hope Elizabeth being born 8 days after my surgery. In a way, she and I have a "birthday" very close together. She is such a joy and a beaming ray of light for our entire family. She is almost 8 months old now. Time has flown. She has changed so much, and so have I. She will not know the Big Auntie Barbara from the past. She will only know the Barbara I am now and the one I hope to become- physically, emotionally and spiritually. She is taking baby steps and so am I.