Hallelujah!! If this blog prompt were a high school class I'd have an easy A for sure! When I read the prompt for day 2 of the Back to Blogging Challenge, to re-upload a post that I wished more people had read, I knew immediately which one it would be. The title came from a Writer's Workshop from Mama Kat - "The Most Unbelievable Blue Eyes I've Ever Seen" from way back on August 11th of this year. Only in my world, the title changed just a wee bit. My title? "The Most Unbelievable Blue Eyes I've Ever Never Seen".
The reason I wish more people had read it was a very simple one. I wanted people to understand that just shy of nine years ago, a beautiful little girl entered this world and caused some mighty profound changes in my life. I wrote the blog to tell the world she was here, if only for nine and one-half hours (on her Daddy's birthday to boot). "Dammit! She was here, she was alive, and she was, and still is, tremendously loved!"
Even though almost nine years has passed, I love little Miss Samantha Marie more today than I did that day and that she is forever etched in my heart... especially those blazing blue eyes I've never seen.
The Most Unbelievable Blue Eyes I’ve (Ever) Never Seen
That’s right, you read the title correctly, it does say NEVER. Those eyes, you see, belong to the most precious being I’ve ever had the privilege to be a part of… my precious princess, Samantha Marie.
My princess was born way too early on a dreary morning in mid-November of 2001. Twenty-four and a half weeks into my pregnancy, “slim chances of survival” were the doctor’s words to my husband and I. But the little princess beat the odds, well sort of. She patiently waited 4 full days water my water broke before deciding it was time to meet her Mama face-to-face.
What a scary day! One minute going for an amnio, the next minute being prepped for a c–section delivery. The dreams I dreamed of for my child were all coming to a potential end. Born at 10:36 AM and weighing a mere 1 and ½ pounds, my precious auburn haired little girl came into the world.
Being SO tiny and SO premature, Samantha never truly opened her eyes… but I know they were a blazing blue! Mama and Daddy both have deep blue eyes and for those that know your basic science that only means one thing, Baby Girl definitely was going to have blue eyes, just like her brothers to come after her.
That evening when I got to hold her tiny frame in my arms, all I could do was stare at her eyes. And somehow I knew she could see me, only something another mother in my position could understand.
It’s been 8 and ½ long years since that day, but when I close my eyes I can still see her blazing baby blues!
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And now for the business part: This post has been recreated and inspired by the SITS Girls BACK TO BLOGGING EVENT. Interested in more information about this challenge?? Check them out at Back2Blogging. Who knows where it just might lead you!
This blogging challenge event is sponsored by Standards of Excellence, Westar Kitchen and Bath and Florida Builder Appliances. Be sure to check them out. Maybe with their help and that of the SITS Girls, Thelma & Louise can come live at your house! (Although I REALLY want them to come and live with me!)
This blogging challenge event is sponsored by Standards of Excellence, Westar Kitchen and Bath and Florida Builder Appliances. Be sure to check them out. Maybe with their help and that of the SITS Girls, Thelma & Louise can come live at your house! (Although I REALLY want them to come and live with me!)
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