Let’s Talk Babies

This Saturday, April 24th, I’ll will done my Friends of Maddie t-shirt and my running shoes. I’ll meet up with the other women, friends and strangers, who make up our March for Maddie St. Louis team. We will walk side by side in honor of a little girl who continues to touch my [Read the rest]

Today when I opened my mailbox there was a package from Cafe Press. I have been anxiously awaiting this package since I placed my order with them last week. You see, this package contained two very special t-shirts.   The t-shirts Maya and I will wear on April 24th when we proudly walk [Read the rest]

Last year, in the midst of the sadness of Maddie Spohr’s passing something magical happened.  All over the country people asked what they could do to help.  What they could do to support the Spohrs and to support the families of other preemies and the joined March of Dimes walks in their local community to [Read the rest]

Infant mortality is a difficult subject to talk about.  No one wants to think about the bad things that can happen.  It is often easier to sugar coat the statistics and pretend like it is something that only happens to other people.  However, in order to combat problems like preterm births and stillbirths we have [Read the rest]

November is Prematurity Awareness Month, and today, November 17th, bloggers are banding together to Fight For Preemies.  We are taking a moment today to spread the word about prematurity, bring a little awareness about the impact prematurity has on the babies born too soon, on the parents struggling as they watch their babies fight for [Read the rest]