Raising Roby

About the Book

This book is written from my heart for your inspiration; to say to you, yes, you can expect joy from shortcomings – you can take everything negative and turn it into the positive –expecting the worse, but accepting what we got in return. Not knowing what was in store for us - the excitement of our new life changed from joy to fear. The not knowing was so hard. I wanted to share with you our life with Roby to show that we were determined to seek every opportunity we could, to have a special meaning to all that was given to us, to describe the impact on our lives and how we learned to overcome obstacles knowing that we got more from this gift we received than we gave and to share all the glory with others. I want to share with you all our fears and all the joy that made our lives richer and filled of meaning.

About the Author

We were newlyweds and expecting our first baby. We were so excited to start our new life together on our own. Getting settled in our place, we had so many plans for our future together. Robert always wanted a truck load of kids. His mom and dad had 14 children. I’d say “I don’t think I want to have that many!” The doctor said with great excitement, “You have a baby boy!” I was so happy. Not only would he be the first grandchild on both sides of the family, but the first grandson as well! How excited we both were. The doctor sat by my bedside. Then, everything turned up-side-down. I was only nineteen years old. The doctors said that our son, Robert (Roby) Wayne Walker was a mongoloid, an idiot. When I heard this, I had no idea what it meant. I had never heard of this before. All the happiness that we had looked forward to had turned into fear – not knowing what to really expect. Not wanting to even see my Son. All the negative words gave me no hope for our Son.