Miracle Mireya
Kathy K.
In 2015 Mireya was born a full term, healthy baby girl. When Mireya was seven weeks old, this reality changed when she was violently shaken by a biological parent. As a result of this senseless and traumatic abuse, the trajectory of Mireya’s life was changed forever. At four months old Mireya’s brain had deteriorated and she required a tracheostomy and g-tube for survival. Her large foster family was told she would never have quality of life. Mireya and God had different plans. In her short eight years, Mireya defied all the odds. The little baby who was now never supposed to walk, talk, see, hear, or interact with her environment exceeded expectations. This joyous little girl, although never having a voice understandable by the English dialect, communicated volumes with her million dollar smile and her contagious belly laugh.
Mireya was adopted by her foster family in October 2019 who adored her and committed to making each day matter.
Mireya was a fashionista. She always had her hair, fingernails and toenails done, matching bows, glasses, and shoes. She enjoyed listening to music, her party light, Pete the Cat, Pierre the Penguin, singing songs with mom, playing jokes on people by intentionally setting off her monitors, dancing with daddy, doing crafts and reading books with sister, silly sounds with her brother and solos he would sing to her when he thought no one was watching, playing with all her switch adaptive toys, especially those with lights and music, hearing her brother Jacob laugh and snuggle time with him, her musical clocks that chimed a song at every hour, bath (spa) days, getting her fingernails and toenails painted, visits to the zoo, TARC park, Kansas Discovery Center for play dates, advocating at the Capital with her mom, playing games and hanging out with her cousins, and family vacations. Her favorite trip was her Make a Wish trip to Disney and meeting all her favorite princesses and visiting the ocean.
Mireya’s life was short due to heart-breaking circumstances, but those events were the inspiration for Mireya’s Law. Mireya captivated everyone she met with her smile that could light up the entire night sky. Her belly laugh, which made her whole body jiggle, could brighten anyone's day.