I had a wonderful time last night at the Gulf Coast Writers Association’s May meeting. And not just because I was there to pick up a plaque for winning first place in the “Let’s Write” Literary Contest (although that was pretty special!). The meeting was held at Barnhill’s on Highway 49 in Gulfport, Mississippi. Typically, [...]
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This July will make three years since Nathan’s heart surgery at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital at the University of Michigan Medical Center. He colored a cheerful picture for me recently that seems to convey instant happiness after his heart was repaired. That’s not exactly my recollection, so I asked him what he remembers about those [...]
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Ahhh…the magic of professionally retouched photography. Bryan, Nathan, and I recently enjoyed a photo session with photographer, Lisa Tilley Newman, at her Pass Christian home/studio.
I have some vanity issues, no doubt. But if I were excessively vain, I would toss up the second photo alone and pretend that my teeth are always sparkly white and [...]
Heart defects are the most common and deadly of all birth defects.
Approximately 36,000 babies are born each year with a congenital heart defect.
In 1950, a child born with a congenital heart defect had only a 20% chance of survival. Today, survival rates have increased to 90%.
Survivors of successful childhood intervention face life-long risks, including heart [...]
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Please pray for two-year-old Broady Doland of Pennsylvania. Broady has Scimitar Syndrome and will need surgery to correct Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return when he turns three. Also remember his younger brother, Ben, who was born with premature lungs and pneumonia. According to mom, Traci, Ben is doing well now and will have a check-up [...]
