Helping Me to Remember What's Important

One of the best things you can do with a preemie baby is to hold them (often skin to skin). And this week I've spent hours holding my little preemie girl Camille. As I've held her I've told her about so many things. She's heard all about the Lord, her family, our home, what everyone does and all of the friends she's going to have, just to mention a few. But there's something about holding a baby that's just shy of 3 pounds. You have a lot of time to think. As I've held Cammie this week I've realized how crazy and busy we can allow our lives to get. If we're not careful we can allow deadlines, meetings, stress and everything else to dominate and control our lives. Holding a preemie in the NICU can really cause you to thing about life and what things are important (or what should be the most important). I know this little girl is going to be so good for me. She's going to make me think about things (and she hasn't even said a word yet) about things we don't think about enough. I look forward to our special times together and how she's going to challenge me to keep my priorities right. Thank you for all of your prayers this past week. Camille is doing well and last night was transferred to a hospital NICU much closer to our home. Hopefully it won't be too long before she comes home :)