An Amazing Gift

Earlier this week I had the honor of taking a walk with a woman who I have the most profound respect for. Her daughter was born full term and died shortly after birth due to anencephaly which is a birth defect where the brain does not develop or fully develop which results in either stillbirth or death upon birth.  This woman learned of her daughter's diagnosis at 12 weeks and after all the struggles of deciding what to do she made a choice....that choice was to give her daughter 10 months of life. What an amazing gift to give....what a great mommy she was and still is. Live in the present - if we don't then we're really not living.