Hope for Baby Bennett: Red for our Hero, Take 3!

Monday, February 3, 2014

Red for our Hero, Take 3!

Ok, Bodie fans, it's TIME! It's time for our annual GO RED campaign! February 7-14 is National CHD Awareness Week, and it kicks off with Go Red Day - the day you wear red to support Bodie and all of his fellow heart buddies!

Each year, we ask our blog followers to capture pics of them wearing red in honor of Bodie, and this year is no different!

If you would please wear red to honor Bodie on Friday and then email me your pictures (to amykbennett@gmail.com - or you can Facebook me with them), I'll share them on the blog! And if you wanted to include a sign saying where you're from or something about Bodie on it, we wouldn't complain. I'm just sayin. But really, we just want your beautiful, smiling faces and RED!

We so appreciate your prayers, love and support for our amazing little man! We know that's the only reason he's doing as well as he is!

1 comment:

KristenFebruary 4, 2014 at 7:30 AM
Love this idea! Thinking of you and your family and sending lots prayers your way. XOXO Kristen at Onein1hundred.blogspot
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The Chosen Mothers by Erma Bombeck

Most women become mothers by accident, some by choice, a few by social pressures, and a couple by habit. Did you ever wonder how mothers of children with life threatening illnesses are chosen?

Somehow, I visualize God hovering over Earth selecting His instruments for propagation with great care and deliberation. As He observes, He instructs His angels to make notes in a giant ledger. "Armstrong, Beth, son, patron saint Matthew. Forrest, Marjorie, daughter, patron saint Cecilia. Rutledge, Carrie, twins, patron saint Gerard."

Finally, He passes a name to an angel and says, "Give her a child with cancer." The angel is curious. "Why this one God? She's so happy." "Exactly" smiles God, "Could I give a child with cancer a mother who does not know laughter? That would be cruel."

"But, does she have patience?" asks the angel. "I don't want her to have too much patience or she will drown in a sea of self-pity and despair. Once the shock and resentment wears off, she will handle it." "I watched her today. She has that feeling of self and independence that is so rare and so necessary in a mother. You see, the child I'm going to give her has it's own world. She has to make it live in her world and that's not going to be easy."

"But, Lord, I don't think she believes in you." No matter, I can fix that. This one is perfect. She has just enough selfishness." The angel gasps -"Selfishness? is that a virtue?"

God nods. "If she can't separate herself from the child occasionally, she'll never survive. Yes, here is a woman whom I will bless with a child less than perfect. She doesn't realize it yet, but she is to be envied. She will never take anything her child does for granted. She will never consider a single step ordinary. I will permit her to see clearly the things I see...ignorance, cruelty, prejudice...and allow her to rise above them." She will never be alone. I will be at her side every minute of every day of her life, because she is doing My work as surely as if she is here by My side." "And what about her patron Saint?" asks the angel. His pen poised in mid-air. God smiles, "A mirror will suffice."