I just stumbled across a news article about a little girl that has an extremely rare disease that will eventually kill her. She is 9 months old. She is not expected to live past 1 year. There was a link to her mothers blog so I read through that as well. It left me in tears. But instead of going home and waiting they have made a bucket list for their daughter of all the fun things they want her to experience in her short little life. A trip to Disney World. Tea parties. A ride in a convertible! How incredible.
I physically and mentally cannot wrap my brain around what that must be like for their family. Now that I have a child of my own, stories like this affect me 10x more, because only after having a child could you understand how painful it would be to lose them.
So like I said, I am so very blessed to have this perfectly healthy and happy child. She is the reason why I am late for work every morning. She is the reason why I cannot wait to leave every afternoon. She is the reason why I don't bring work home. She is the reason why I sing kid songs in my head all day. She is the reason why I'm counting down the days until summer. She is the reason why I know how the greatest love in the world feels.
I finally laid her in her crib after she slept on my chest for a good hour...And as crazy as this sounds, I pray that she wakes up tonight so I can get in one extra cuddling session. I don't think I will ever look back at this time and say "I held that baby way to much." Nope!
"A person's a person, no matter how small." - Dr. Seuss
Below is a link to the news article and blog. Love your babies every chance you get!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2013/02/28/quinn-linzer-dying-9-month-old-bucket-list_n_2783310.html
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