The Day the Blog Master Was Born

Here it is, all you ever wanted to know about Eddo. Ha. Not really, he would kill me. Just a little post about the day he was born.

Some of you know Eddo as the Blog Master, some of him as a friend, mentor, brother, and some just as my son, but I know him as one of the greatest gifts God has ever given me, I cannot imagine what life would have been like if God had not given him to me as my son. I do not know why God loved me so much that he chose me to his mother, but am I ever glad he did. His sisters are just like him, fun, full of life and amazing.

Now back to Eddo....One thing I can tell you about him is he has always been full of surprises, he can be shocking, funny, very seldom serious, and He is full of joy and laughter like no one else I know, (besides his sisters). He is probably the happiest person I know. He knows who he is and what he wants. He may vent to you, but he justs wants you to listen, he already has it figured out, he just wants to let it out, so don't give him advice, he probably won't take it.

He has the biggest heart and loves the Lord, (at five he told the superintendent at the Christian school he was attending that he was going to be a preacher). Another thing about him ... one minute you can have him laughing and the next you can have him crying, just tell him a sad story or take him to a true story and the tears will flow. I could go on and on, but I won't, I will let ya'll in on a few secrets now and then, so you can find out the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Now back to the story....before Eddo was born we were traveling around opening up TGI Fridays. We went to Houston, Atlanta, Indianapolis and then on to Columbus, Ohio. I really thought we would be there through Christmas and he would be born there. But....we were told to come back to Dallas, so three weeks after we arrived, I went into false labor three times. It was a cold, snowy day, the temperature was so cold, it was icy outside. I thought he would be a Christmas Baby, Little did I know he would decide this day, December 17, 1975, would be the day he would arrive. As I said when Eddo makes his mind up, there is no changing it.

I called my doctor several times that day, then finally told him we were heading to Baylor Hospital in Dallas. Upon arrival, they transferred me to Labor & Delivery. I got up to my room, Eddo decides its time. The nurse came in and I screamed at the top of my lungs.... "SOMEBODY HELP ME!!" Ha ha, when I think about it now, it is so funny. No low profile for me that day, I don't like to make a fuss, but that day, I could not quit screaming. The nurses started to wheel me to delivery, they pulled the rails up on the bed, my hands pried to the bars and I was screaming all the way to delivery, over and over I kept screaming somebody help me. They kept telling me they were going to...but when we got to the delivery room I wouldn't let go of the bars, they had to pry my hands loose, then I grabbed the doctor with one hand and the nurse with the other, they had to give me something quick, next thing I know I hear this baby laughing at the top of his lungs, (not really he was crying.) It was a boy, 8lbs, 14 oz, black hair, big brown eyes, tan skin, he was beautiful!

I was so happy, Eddo has two sisters, they are all one year apart. He was smiling immediately, as soon as I held him and talked to him, his eyes would search and then he would focus, he smiled, he won everyone's heart. God has blessed me in so many ways, but none as great as Eddo and his sisters, truly they are the greatest gifts God could have ever given me.

I will fill you all in later on more about the Blog Master Eddo, and his sisters...Precious and Samantha later.