Mount Pleasant Magazine May/June 2019

42 www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.BestOfMP.com | www.ReadMPM.com feature me working in the morning was not going to be what was best for me.” Kelly’s cardiologist at MUSC recommended a job that started at 10 a.m., but Kelly, who has a master’s degree in education, knew that no schools opened at that time. Another challenge was having her children in daycare full time and needing to readjust all their schedules. “I went from thinking I was going to be working full time to (being at home part time) with my kids and only working 10 hours a week. “I’m so lucky to have my parents around. They’ve really helped us out. This past year was diving deep and finding out the whole life I had planned out for myself was going to look totally different.” But Kelly’s health hurdle wasn’t the first challenge the Greer family faced. Discussing her and Jason’s adoptive process, Kelly admitted to “ups and downs … a bit of a roller coaster” at the beginning, but, once they connected with Amanda, the birth mom of Madi and Mason, she described it as “meant to be.” “She sent me the sonogram of the twins the very first night we talked,” Kelly recalled. Amanda was 22-weeks pregnant at the time and invited Kelly to the next appointment — where they found out the genders. They also named the children together. “Amanda lost her mom when she was 15 years old, and she had grown up in New York with her, and one of the places they would always love to walk was Madison Avenue. So Madison is named after Madison Avenue in New York City,” Kelly said. For the name “Mason,” with Kelly and Jason living in northern Virginia at the time of the adoption, they would cross the Mason-Dixon line every time they visited or had an appointment in York, Pennsylvania (where the twins were adopted from and where Amanda was living at the time of her pregnancy). … And that’s how Mason’s name was chosen: The Greers and their twins’ adoptive mother were separated by the Mason- Dixon line. Kelly and Jason even made sure that Bandit and Smokey were acclimated to the babies before bringing them home. “We brought Photo courtesy of Kelly Greer. Kelly and Mason. FULL SERVICE CATERING EMAIL CATERING@THESHELTERKITCHENANDBAR.COM Visit our website to view our menus and for information on upcoming events and music! BRUNCH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 9am-3pm BRUNCH MONDAY 11am-3pm LIVE MUSIC EVERY WEEKEND BRUNCH AND MOST NIGHTS OPEN Mon-Fri 11am-2am Sat & Sun 9am-2am THE SHELTER KITCHEN AND BAR 202 Coleman Blvd (p) 843.388.3625 | (f) 843.388.3641 www.theshelterkitchenandbar.com