Hi. All this stuff is new to me. I have been reading blogs for the past 5 months day and night, I've been touched by so many people. I have cried with so many stories, and I always want to write something to everyone, and tell them "I've been there". But I didn't know how to start, so I thought I could start by writing my story too to truly let them know that I pray every day for every child in this world.
It will be my birthday in two days, and for the first time in my almost 29 years of life I feel like I grew up from last year to now. This has been the most important, difficult, wonderful, sad, blessed year of my life.
My husband and I welcomed our precious gift from God, "Our daughter Valeria" on October 29 2009. We took her home to enjoy her like any normal parent does, five days later we saw her almost leave this world. She has a congenital heart defect, and although she is fine for now, I still cry every now and then, I still remember like it was yesterday the day we took her to the ER, and I am still working on finding the courage to write her story.
I hope this blog helps me heal little by little from everything we've been through, and I hope I can help people too.
I may have to mention that English is my second language and sometimes is hard to express in a perfect way what I am feeling. Why I chose to write this blog in English? Because it is how I lived this experience, and it is how I will continue on this journey.
Thad said, I feel ready to write.
