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How cool! I received an award!

Lammy Ann awarded my post Scrubs for the Thinking Blogger Award. Thanks so much!

I, in turn, must nominate 5 Bloggers with this honor. Hmm. Let’s see…..

1. Amalah and her post “On having a boy”, because, yes, boys are fabulous! By the time Mia came, after her 3 brothers, the shock of a girl just about killed me, so I know what she meant about that yearning. Amy, gobble him up now like you are doing because they do grow up, and then you have one of these, complete with the blackeyes that they receive playing football without helmets:

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2. Jenny Scotts post “In an “I hate cancer” funk tonight”…. scroll down to Wed., March 7th. I think Jenny’s post speaks for itself. I hate cancer too, Jenny and I hope they find some answers. Thank you for keeping up your journal and sharing your life with us.

3. Kathy’s post Snippets on the Carribean, because it made me cry with happiness for them. I have never wanted something so bad in my life as to be where there are, doing what they are doing, right now.

4. Meredith for her post “I love Snails”. because snails hold a special place in my heart as well.

5. Cecily for her post “You don’t want to read this (and I don’t want to write it)” because Wow. Just Wow. Her honesty just floors me. I quote her “No one at the hospital said to me, “Yes, delivering your sons will be more risky, but at least you’ll get to see them and hold them and say goodbye.” No one said, “Do you want to make arrangements with a funeral home?”

Also “Instead of getting to say goodbye, to look at their faces, I was just knocked out and the boys stripped from my body. I’m left with the shame and guilt of–God forgive me–treating my sons like standard medical waste. My sons. My boys.”

Cecily, I am deeply ashamed of the medical professionals that treated you, your husband and your sons this way. As a nurse, it blows me away that there was not a team or ethics committee involved to not only save your life, but to also compassionately take care of your babies and your emotional health. I am so sorry that this happened to you and pray that God will be with you, his arms wrapped tightly around you, as you miss your boys.

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If those I have tagged would like to participate in the Thinking Blogs award, the participation rules are simple:

1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think,
2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme,
3. Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote.