Wordless Wednesday – Happy Birthday Baby! with LINKY

Laurel and Ladybug Cake

She is four now. But everyone still calls her baby. She has been through so much. So so much. In her eyes, she is a big girl. In her eyes, there is nothing that she can’t do. I will probably always call her baby. I just cannot help it. I still picture her hooked up [...]

Happy Heart Day!

Laurel in Hospital After Open Heart Surgery Tetralogy of Fallot

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 2, 2009 It was on this day two years ago, that my youngest child went under the knife. Laurel, now two, had open heart surgery to correct a heart defect that she was born with called Tetralogy of Fallot. The second that she was rolled into surgery, I felt as if [...]

Giving Back & Paying it Forward

On March 29, 2007, I gave birth to my third child, Laurel. She is a wonderfully bright and active child who is about to turn two at the launch of this blog. The next day doctors told us that she had a heart defect. In fact, she had four separate heart defects culminating in condition [...]