Stacy Navarro's Blog - Posts Tagged "preemies-livelifebrave-godspower"
20 yrs after 1 lb. 5 oz.
I've written about a bazillion things about my kids; kept most of them to myself so far. As time passes, (I won't say because I'm getting old) I'm realizing I need to share some of the works God's done in my life.
I wrote this poem two decades ago as a mom of a preemie.
July 1995, I was 25 weeks pregnant when my toxemia was so severe the doctors decided our only chance at survival was to separate us. So, after all the warnings of their low expectations of her quality of life, my 1 lb. 5 oz. baby girl was delivered via cesarean section. I vaguely remember being wheeled by her on a gurney on my way out of the operating room and to ICU...I wanted more than anything to reach out and touch the tiniest foot I'd ever seen.
Five days later (an eternity to me at the time) I was stable enough to be taken to the maternity floor to see my baby girl for the first time.
I remember being petrified and thinking, "where's the rest of her."
There are countless stories (some of which I'll probably share with you someday soon) about amazing obstacles my daughter, Alexis, has overcome. But I'm fast-forwarding past all of that today. I just want to say. Last Sunday I witnessed that sweet girl, that I have watched work twice as hard to go half as far as others, stand in front of our church.
Alexis was being installed as our new youth leader. What an amazingly joyful moment that was for me. And, if I'm honest, a heavy moment to know that your child is volunteering to be held accountable for what she teaches those God puts in her path! Praising the Lord and begging she will continue to cling to Him.
I realize I've left out twenty years of details; and I'm working on sharing some of those. Today I just have to say that God is capable of anything; especially taking those seemingly small and weak ones and making them strong to do mighty works! Never doubt what He can do.
For the poem goto my facebook page. www.facebook.com/StacyNavarro.author
#livelifebrave
I wrote this poem two decades ago as a mom of a preemie.
July 1995, I was 25 weeks pregnant when my toxemia was so severe the doctors decided our only chance at survival was to separate us. So, after all the warnings of their low expectations of her quality of life, my 1 lb. 5 oz. baby girl was delivered via cesarean section. I vaguely remember being wheeled by her on a gurney on my way out of the operating room and to ICU...I wanted more than anything to reach out and touch the tiniest foot I'd ever seen.
Five days later (an eternity to me at the time) I was stable enough to be taken to the maternity floor to see my baby girl for the first time.
I remember being petrified and thinking, "where's the rest of her."
There are countless stories (some of which I'll probably share with you someday soon) about amazing obstacles my daughter, Alexis, has overcome. But I'm fast-forwarding past all of that today. I just want to say. Last Sunday I witnessed that sweet girl, that I have watched work twice as hard to go half as far as others, stand in front of our church.
Alexis was being installed as our new youth leader. What an amazingly joyful moment that was for me. And, if I'm honest, a heavy moment to know that your child is volunteering to be held accountable for what she teaches those God puts in her path! Praising the Lord and begging she will continue to cling to Him.
I realize I've left out twenty years of details; and I'm working on sharing some of those. Today I just have to say that God is capable of anything; especially taking those seemingly small and weak ones and making them strong to do mighty works! Never doubt what He can do.
For the poem goto my facebook page. www.facebook.com/StacyNavarro.author
#livelifebrave
