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How Our Babies have changed our Lives
I have been contemplating your question regarding how our babies have
changed our lives. I have been putting off answering because I wanted to
write something really good - that expressed just how much an impact Melina
made when she came into my life that cold winter day back in December. Then
I was thinking of a response to an email I had sent a friend the other day,
and decided to share that with everyone instead. It starts off with my
wonderful friend, writing me and telling me about an envelope mysteriously
appearing on her desk the other day, with only a name on it...Melina. She
doesn't know where came from, only that it probably ended up on her desk by
accident. (Or, she thought, it was Melina saying hello to her.) When my
friend saw the name on the envelope, it made her cry, and she wrote me right
away and told me she was "devastated" for me that I lost Melina. This is
what I wrote her back:
My wonderful friend - please don't ever feel
devastated for me. Feel happy / grateful / ecstatic for me that I got
to experience being pregnant, giving birth to and taking care of the most
incredible little angel ever. Be happy that I am able to say I have a very
special little daughter who changed my life forever and has made me a better
person. Feel comforted in knowing that I have a special little baby waiting
for me up in heaven and when it is my turn to go there, she will be
welcoming me with open arms. But be especially ecstatic that out of all the
babies in the world, God picked Melina to give to me - even if just for a
short while. I know now what it is like to love someone unconditionally and
with all my heart. So, please don't feel devastated for me because I am
truly blessed.
So, I guess that sums up pretty well what
Melina has done for me simply by being my daughter. She has given me great
strength. If someone had told me years ago that someday I would have a baby
who would pass away and that I would actually not only make it through, but
would be feeling blessed and grateful, I would have told them they were
nuts. I remember there was a time (years ago) when I convinced myself that I
never wanted children because I would never be able to survive or handle it
if ever anything happened to that child. Not only did I survive, but I am
sharing my little girl with the world. That Melina was one amazing kid to
have done all that. That's my girl! Love ya turtle - forever. Thanks for
changing mommy and daddy's lives. Wouldn't trade you for anything!!
Maria
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"I believe that I have never seen
the glory of God and the beauty of humanity more than through the lives of
these babies and children and their parents."
~ E.H.T, MD
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