Sheena was a very cuddly, clingy little daughter. She was very fussy about whom she let hold her, outside of her family. Aunts, grandma and grandpa, friends, well, she'd have to eye them with suspicion for a while first! She was a mommy's girl, from the start.

  Sheena was weak, from being a preemie, and from having a brain bleed about a week after she was born. But she developed good muscle tone, and learned to crawl. Then she learned to walk at eighteen months old, which was a complete surprise and thrill to all of us!

  Her tiny right hand did not work for her, and she had to wear a brace on her little right foot, but her intelligence was normal and bright.

  She was the more aggresive of the two sisters, and would chase Sarah, bump her so she'd fall over, then sit on her, laughing so hard! Don't worry though, Sarah did the same thing. All she had to do was bump Sheena, who would then fall over, and Sarah would sit on Sheena! There was much giggling. This was an everyday sisterly joke!

© 2005 Rosemary J. Gwaltney