Mandy from and Nati nominated Ellyn and Seth from Profoundly Seth. I took Ellyn’s letter to Seth and created a Memoir of Me book for Seth. Here’s the letter that will be in their Memoir of Me book.
Dear Seth, Today, you are ten months old. I like ten... It's also very close to 12, which, I'm not sure if you've realized, means you'll be A WHOLE YEAR OLD SOON! That completely blows me away. It’s been overwhelming, then, a huge blessing...insurance approval for cochlear implants! And the money to pay for them! Handing you off the anesthesiologist that morning may have been one of the hardest things I've done, surpassed only by the day I had to hand your brother over to the nurse as she wheeled him away from me for the last time. But you were a champ, and your surgeon said that surgery could not have gone better. Recovery was hard, but you bounced back and the day you were activated was one of the most amazing days of my life. Seeing your eyes snap to mine and you start laughing was so beautiful. Every day since has been a joy, seeing you react and learn every second. You are AGE APPROPRIATE for speech and language! I love the comments we've been getting from our therapist. One called you a poster child for CI's. Another called you a superstar. But what you are to me, my bouncing, 10 month old boy, is a miracle. My very own cuddly, loving miracle. I love you, Bubby. Mama
Jessie, another McKMama follower, made this nomination “The family I think would truly appreciate a book is the family of Jonah Williams. You can read about their story at his mom Patrice's blog. "I've known Patrice since I was a teenager from Bible camp. Patrice and Matt's first son, Gabe, was stillborn, and their almost-one-year-old, Jonah, has a very rare skin disease, Epidermolysis Bullosa. Basically, if anything causes friction on his skin, his skin blisters and comes off. As of right now, there is no cure. Patrice stays home to care for Jonah 100%, and is the most selfless mom I know.”
Last 3 for day 8 of 99 in 33 is Michaela for her friend Alisha. “One of my very dear friends went to heaven in September. I write this fighting back tears...Alisha was diagnosed with cancer. She has a 6 year old little girl and she was 7 ½ months pregnant with her second daughter. While still pregnant during an ultrasound they discovered that she had cancer in her ovaries. She was taken to Denver to give birth so that they could attempt to treat the cancer, her daughter Irelyn was born prematurely but very healthy and strong. When they went in to do the surgery and hopefully remove what they thought was early stages of ovarian cancer, they discovered a very grim scene within Alisha. They removed as much of the cancer as they could, but as you can imagine, she had a long road a hoe. I am heartbroken, we weren't as close as we were in High School, but I love her and I am so destroyed by this. Mostly it crushes me for her little girls. I just can't imagine their life without their mommy. I thought that Alisha's little girls are SO DESERVING. All they have are memories and her youngest daughter only has the photo's and stories people show her and tell her. We have been trying to figure out a way to memorialize Alisha's life somehow and this would be perfect."
Grateful and thankful. Love, Michelle
