So Grateful

I've become quite the fan of blogs. Clearly, I write my own, I read my friends, and I read those of people I've never met. I read a lot of blogs by other moms, SAHM's (stay at home moms), and even some dads. I like to learn from other people's experiences and see what kind of tips I can pick up. I like to read other people's stories , they make me laugh and some times they make me cry. I have a few that I read fairly regularly and sometimes I'll get sucked in to the Interweb and end up jumping from blog to blog to blog.

The other day I found myself on the blog of a woman in California who had a very difficult pregnancy and delivered her beautiful baby girl 11 weeks early. Little Maddie had a difficult time of it but was a true beauty and brought her parents a year-and-a-half of true joy. And then poor little Maddie passed away. I can't imagine what her parents are going through. Maddie was a joyous little person who brought her parents laughter and love and then all of a sudden, she's gone. I don't know how a parent can cope with the loss of a child. It makes me cherish my little girl all that much more.

Sometimes life is unfair. Sometimes your baby won't sleep through the night or throws up on your outfit when you're getting ready to go out. Sometimes a loved one gets a terrible disease. Sometimes you get laid off from work and you have to make drastic life changes. Despite all of that, or maybe because of it, we still need to cherish the special times. We need to remember what is important and be thankful for the little things because sometimes life is just unfair.