Photo Contest Entry - Please Vote! :)

I am a devoted fan of Me Ra Koh's blog, www.merakohblog.com.

She constantly holds photo contests and for the month of February, her theme was LOVE.

I decided to submit a picture for the contest. This morning, when I peeked at her blog, lo and behold, my picture made it in the TOP 5!!!! I was ecstatic and in tears!!!!!

If you have a moment, please check out her blog and cast your vote for your favorite picture!
My entry is #5.

http://www.merakohblog.com/2008/02/15/l-o-v-e-photo-contest-finalists-time-to-vote-for-the-winner

I provided a little history to the picture and Me Ra included it with the picture.

Submitting the picture was two-fold for me. One, I just wanted to enter the contest and since that picture truly represented DJ's love for Cody, it was a perfect fit.

Two, I have never healed from that period of Cody's life. Yes, he is a super healthy toddler now and amazingly growing both mentally and physically, but that time in his life is one imbedded in my brain. It still brings tears to my eyes to see pictures from that point in his life and I tend to purposely ignore anything that reminds me of that period of his life (e.g. songs, movies, shows, etc).

I had not looked at any of these pictures from his hospitalization until I heard the theme for this contest. As soon as I heard it, the first image that popped into my head was the one of DJ holding Cody's hand.

Looking at the picture (even on Me Ra's blog) brings absolute tears to my eyes because the memory of him in the hospital is still so fresh.

By posting this picture out to the world, I am beginning my healing process. I hid the pictures for so long just so that I would not feel what I felt at that time. I know that soon, I will be able to look at the pictures and realize just how far Cody has come and not only see where he had been.

He is an amazing ball of love and brings a smile to everyone's face.