Karen on October 18th, 2010

Prayers and hugs go out to Abby Scklarek and her son, Colin.  Colin will have heart surgery tomorrow at Children’s Hospital Boston to correct PAPVR associated with scimitar syndrome.
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Karen on October 16th, 2010

Several months ago I entered a writing contest sponsored by the Southern Louisiana Chapter of RWA (Romance Writers of America).  I don’t actually write in the genre typically associated with Romance, but the contest included the category, Inspirational, which I felt was a good fit for Nathan: A Heart, A Storm, A Prayer, my memoir [...]

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Sylvie on October 8th, 2010

by Sylvie Stephens Tieszen
While enjoying a perfect fall day downtown, we went inside a Macy’s Holiday Store filled top to bottom with Christmas decorations. Almost trance-like, forgetting it’s not yet Halloween, I went in search of a pink Sydney Ornament. I lost my baby girl at 6 months and 1 day to Scimitar [...]

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Karen on August 31st, 2010

About mid-June, I received an email from Abby Scklarek that began:  “I just read the article in Parents Magazine and I knew I had to get in touch with you…”  It turns out Abby has a one-year-old son, Colin, who also has scimitar syndrome.  She shared with me that he would need heart surgery sometime [...]

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Karen on July 10th, 2010

Janielle writes:
I am asking for prayers for my daughter Chloe. We found out last month that she has Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return to the Coronary Sinus. She has an MRI coming up and surgery will take place in the next few months. I am scared beyond belief! She was always a healthy child and [...]

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