When Letty Lam Foon-yee gave birth to a daughter 17 years ago, she wasn't sure the child would survive. Rainbow Tang Wai-hung weighed just 900 grams and developed cerebral palsy, which affects movement control. Now a Form Five student studying at a mainstream school, Rainbow is a top student, a swimmer and plays the piano.
'Everyday is a bonus to me,' Lam said.
Lam recounted some of her experiences yesterday at Citywalk shopping centre in Tsuen Wan for the launch of Shall We Talk?, a collection of stories about parents with special-needs children.
Lam's first daughter, now 23, was also born with cerebral palsy, and she and her husband did not think at first they would have another child.
But doctors encouraged the couple to have a second child as companion to their daughter.
'I didn't know that God thought I was so capable that he gave me two daughters with special needs,' she said.