Emily with Samantha, Eric and Ileana

Three years ago while Emily was here she meet my friend Samantha. Now every time she visits she want to see Samantha. We stopped by to say hi. I met Samantha at church. At the time Eric was 9 months old and Gretta was 3 months old. Both Gretta and Eric were born with cleft palates, so Samantha and I bonded over taking care of our kids. Along with having a cleft palate Eric has significant developmental delay. Samantha and I grew up in two different worlds, but becoming such good friends with Samantha has taught me to be even more grateful for my blessings. Samantha has had a hard life.