Humor Helps
A column offering a humorous side to being a parent of a preemie

  

Inspirations
A column offering a some of the things that have inspired other parents
By: Jane Simone   By Kerry Bone

Ten Ways To Know You Are A Preemie Parent

10.  Going to a hospital makes you homesick.

9.  You have to fight the steering wheel to keep the vehicle from driving itself to the hospital.

8.  Every time you run the blender on 'pulse' your milk lets down.

7. You don't know how to care for an umbilical cord.

6.  You hold a yorkie puppy and it reminds you of kangarooing your child (except the puppy is bigger!)

5.  None of the "What to Expect..." books REALLY tell you what to expect.

4.  Your friends think you have obsessive compulsive disorder because you're constantly washing your hands.

3.  You become excited when you can carry your baby from room to room (with no attachments).

2.  You have the nicu's phone number in memory speed dial or 3 months after you child comes home you go to call a friend and call the nicu by accident

and the #1 way to know you're a preemie parent is....

1.  They have to call in heavy equipment to transport your child's medical chart. >> >> >>

 

Blessings in Disguise

Blessings in Disguise are
Difficult to Recognize
God sends his "little angles"
In many forms and guises,
They come as lovely miracles
That God alone devises -
For he does nothing without a purpose, Everything's a perfect plan
To fulfill in bounteous measure
All he ever promised man -
For every "little angel"
With body bent and broken,
Or a little mind delayed
Or little words unspoken,
Is just God's way of trying
To reach and touch the hand
Of all who do not know Him
And cannot understand
That often through an angel
Whose "wings will never fly"
The Lord is pointing out a way
To his eternal sky
Where there will be no more handicaps
Of body, soul or mind,
And where all limitations
Will be dropped and left behind -
So accept these "little angels"
As gifts from God above
And thank Him for this lesson
In FAITH and HOPE and LOVE.

-author unknown
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