Braveheart

This is Reuben.

Laid bare, chest a battleground of scars that do not grow with you, relics of 11 surgeries, mind sharp and clear, nothing phases you, ever ready to take anything on. It's been 30 months to the day since your heart was healed by open heart, that day you would wish on noone, and every day since has been stolen from what was not to have been and in which you've never failed to amaze me. What a privilege it is to be your Mama.

In the early days friends will struggle for something kind to say, repeating from what they've read "the determination and strong character these children display" before everything that means gorgeously opens up before you.

And is this not what you see in here?

Did I tell you I love you?

(I tried cropping this but couldn't successfully - the space above simply gives him more of a halo of light. Twas taken as a quick shot but with everything Reuben, something amazing always shines through).