She pushed the hospital bed into her grandmother's room. It was so much easier to keep the house clean that way. By then her grandmother was home from her doctor's appointment. They ate a heart healthy diabetic supper. After they sat out on the front porch.
Stephanie asked her grandmother about the patches. Her grandmother didn't want to talk about it. She told her when the time comes but sweetheart this really isn't the time. I don't need anymore stress right now.
Stephanie knew that was true and when she was alone she would see what all of those patches was about. Her grandmother had made it easier for her by numbering them. Later that night Stephanie couldn't sleep with the patches on her mind. She decided to get the first few patches out and really examine them better.
They just wasn't patches that her grandmother Martha made. They were beautiful sewn envelopes. The front had numbers embroided on them. The back flap had velcro strips that could be opened then closed back up again.
They were hand stitched around the edges to make the fabric envelopes with a beautiful rose in the middle with a number in the middle of the Rose. Stephanie opened the envelope that was numbered one. It was a picture of her mother and her along with her grandmother.
The picture was taken at the Hutton County Hospital just inside the maternity ward door next to the visitor's sign in desk. They were being released that day. The date on the picture was June 19,1993 .We just named our little angel Stephanie Louann.
They seemed to be very happy. There was a little note inside of the envelope stating our family has just been blessed by God.It made Stephanie happy to find out she really was seventeen almost eighteen Then the question why did they lie to me and every one else about my age came creepy into her mind.
She hoped that when she open up the envelopes that it didn't lead to more questions than answers. She opened up the second e3nvelope. Inside she found another picture of her by a Christmas tree. On the back of it Our angel's first Christmas but the letter inside read We need to keep her birth from certain people a secret I'm not sure how we can do this but I'll be praying to God for the answer.
The third envelope had a picture of her on her first birthday. God answered my prayers. until she gets a little older I will move frequently and hide our beautiful angel. Only I will know the truth for now, not even our little Stephanie. Marsha might at certain times.