Just when I am getting frustrated and burnt out at work with the intensity of the work pace or the politics of the management, the Lord sends me a little reminder about how precious my work really is!!
I have had the honor and privilege to take care of some very special babies and their families over the last 5 and a half years. This past weekend I was able to attend a reunion party for a few of these families. To celebrate the miraculous way that God has healed these sweet ones and to cry over the ones that weren't as fortunate. These precious babies faced incredible odds stacked against them before they were even born. Their families were thrust into a new world that involved ventilators, ECMO, and multiple surgeries before they even met their little ones. But after weeks, and in some cases months, of the emotional roller coaster known as neonatal intensive care, they beat the odds!! It is nothing short of a miracle that they are alive and I got to be a part of it!!
The Lord has truly blessed me through caring for, crying with, and laughing with these families. It is what makes the most stressful and exhausting work days worth it and what I get in return is worth more to me than the paycheck I get every 2 weeks. I have made friends that will last a lifetime, but even more we are family!!
here are a few pics from saturday...also for more info about these precious little ones and what their families went through check out http://www.theparkerreesefoundation.com/
