As Guin and I began our preparations for church one Wednesday evening, she decided that her Cabbage Patch doll, Caroline, needed a new dress. As she stripped Caroline down to her bare cloth bottom, Guin pointed to the signature of Xavier Roberts on Caroline's "caboose." She asked me what the writing was. I explained that it was the signature of the man who created all the Cabbage Patch dolls. She then asked me why he would put his name on their bottoms. As I began to formulate ...
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Posted On: 5/3/2011  Posted By: JLong

"Are you Isaac’s mom?" This is a question I get often since everyone seems to know my son. I used to want to correct people and say, "Yes, I’m Angie," but now I feel honored to be called "Isaac’s mom."

Isaac was born in January 2005 with Spina Bifida, along with a long list of other complications. He required several surgeries and hospitalizations his first year of life and has since had many more. There have been good years, bad years, and everything in between ...
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