In awe of my friend

What an amazing picture, I took this off of her myspace

I just wanted to take the time to post about my friend who I am truly in awe of. Michael and I met this couple while in North Carolina. Michael was in the same school as my friends husband. I met her at the pool in my apartment complex, at a time when I really needed a good friend God sent her to me and we quickly became good friends. Our husbands also got along great and we enjoyed many date nights together! We unfortunately did not get stationed at the same base so we went our separate ways but still kept in touch. We found out around the sametime that we were pregnant and shared in our joy over the phone. We continued to talk through out our pregnancies updating eachother often and sharing pictures of our bellies over our cell phones. We were both hoping for girls but God had different plans and blessed us both with baby boys. Her baby boy was due exactly one week after Parker. Of course as you all know Parker decided to come late so my friend ended up having her baby the day after I had Parker. How amazing! We talked on the phone as we both sat in the hospital. The only difference is that Parker was beside me as my friend sat without her baby boy because he was taken to another hospital due to some complications. She was very strong about it and had such a good attitude about it all. I was amazed at how well she was handling it. It made me feel bad for complaining about being in the hospital and being so anxious to get home. Her baby has not gotten better, he is a month and 5 days old and they have told her and her husband that he will not ever be able to breathe on his own and basically will never be there mentally. She sat and told me all of this and sounded so strong I on the other hand broke down and began to sob, of course making her cry we both sat on the phone and cried. I didn't know what to say, what do you say? They have decided that it would be best for their baby boy to take him off the breathing machine and of course the nurses and doctors will not do anything to revive him, they will let him go. Over the weekend they had a photographer come in and take professional pictures of their family and the nurses made molds of the baby's hands and feet. I am in awe of my friend and her strength through all of this. She told me she felt blessed to have had this time with him. She chose not to focus on him dying but on him living. I know this has made me realize that the little insignificant problems in my life are really not that bad. I thought I would share this story to make us all appreciate the time we have with your loved ones and not to sweat the small things that happen in life. I pray to God every night that they will find comfort in their time of sorrow. God never gives you something that you can't handle he must know what a strong family they are. Please pray for this family. This post is for my friend to let her know how amazing I think she is, I am blessed to know someone that is so strong and a true inspiration to me.