Day 4

Twins, triplets and other multiples are at higher risk of being born prematurely than single babies.

Christmas Card Request

UPDATE:
Noah's mother just updated Noah's Care Pages site.  She is asking that we send the cards to this new address:

Scott Biorkman
3480 Petoskey Way
Milford, MI 48380

ORIGINAL POST:

Hey everyone, you may have already heard this story, but I want to pass it along.

Noah Biorkman was diagnosed with Stage IV Neuroblastoma in February 2007. He went into remission in August 2007. In September 2008, Noah relapsed with lesions in his right arm and right leg. After going through six different trials, the cancer continues to spread.  The doctor's do not expect him to make it to Christmas so his family is having Christmas for him now.  And because Noah loves getting mail, they are asking people to send Christmas cards to him.  So if you get a chance, please send this little boy a Christmas card as soon as possible.  And pray for him and his family as they have a hard journey ahead of them.  The address is:

Noah Biorkman 
1141 Fountain View Circle
South Lyon, MI 48178

And if you'd like to know more about Noah, check out his Care Page.

Day 3

The rate of premature birth in the U.S. has increased 36% in the past 25 years.

Day 2

Premature birth is when a baby is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy; a typical pregnancy lasts 40 weeks.

Day 1

Today, more than 1,400 babies in the United States will be born prematurely. More newborns die from premature birth than any other cause.

Prematurity Awareness Month

November is Prematurity Awareness Month. And for the next two weeks the March of Dimes is pulling out all the stops.

So I'm going to post each and every day. They're going to be short. Basically just facts about prematurity. But I hope that it will remind each of us, at least for the next two weeks, about the fight so many babies fight every day.

If you want to see/take part in the activities March of Dimes has planned for the next two weeks, go to marchofdimes.com/fightforpreemies.

And November 17 is Prematurity Awareness Day and purple is the color of March of Dimes. So if you feel called, wear purple that day and let everyone see that you're thinking of preemies.

NASCAR & A Deep Thought

This past weekend Doug got free tickets to the Amp Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. He's been trying to convince me to go to a race for quite some time but being out in all that heat just didn't appeal to me. Well, with free tickets and the cool weather of November, how could I say no?

We did have a lot of fun so maybe I'll let Doug take me back someday.

Now on to another subject. Doug and I are reading Crazy Love with Bloom. Every week they do chapter review videos. And this week they mentioned something that blew me away. Their pastor said a couple of weeks ago that the phrase "God never gives you more than you can handle" is NOT in the Bible. The pastor said that God does put us in situations over and over again that we can't handle without Him. But each and every one of those situations forces us to turn to Him and have faith in Him. WOW... I'm just going to keep thinking about that for a little while longer.

And while I'm thinking about having faith, I'm also thinking about the faith that Stellan and his family are being forced to have right now. Stellan and his mother are going to Boston today and most likely Stellan will be having surgery on Tuesday. Please keep them in your prayers.