“I was determined to bring Maggie along. It was never the question if she could go, but rather how she could go.”
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“I was determined to bring Maggie along. It was never the question if she could go, but rather how she could go.”
“She went to open the door, but it was locked. I will never forget the way she screamed. My heart jumped in my throat. He was dark purple. ‘My baby boy is gone!’ I screamed. My mom had gotten him to breathe again, but he was struggling.”
“We heard the most amazing noise… Eleanor’s cry! We weren’t expecting this. Her prognosis is now to live life without limits! Our goal is to get her there.”
“The requests I made for more extensive testing went ignored. We were discharged with the diagnosis, ‘virus, probably, she’ll be fine.’ He was wrong.”
“How was this the same perfect baby I had just delivered 2 hours ago, whose blue eyes opened up so perfectly and looked into mine?”
“As soon as the nurse mentioned caterpillar I started thinking, I have soooooo many caterpillars around our deck, is it possible that’s what caused it?”
“Given the news, we had a choice to make – we could live out the rest of her life in misery and grief, or we could choose joy.”
“My life for the past 2 years had been hell. Raped months before, ridiculed, rejected and now this. A night of stupid decisions left me pregnant and alone, except for my parents and a few friends. They encouraged me to walk. They said I had done the work and should receive the accolades, and that my daughter deserved to see me in these pictures later in life.”
“We’re not sure what the odds are of this happening—maybe they’re close to the odds of a hole-in-one, winning the lottery, or being struck by lightning.”
“I had big plans to be a ‘good mom’ this summer. There were going to be chore charts, reading goals, daily letter writing practice, and cursive classes.”