02/11/2025
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November is Prematurity Awareness Month.
For some, it hits close to home.
Because they know what it’s like to count days instead of weeks.
To celebrate ounces instead of pounds.
To learn words like “NICU,” “CPAP,” and “kangaroo care” before we ever wanted to.
They’ve held tiny hands through incubator walls.
They’ve whispered “keep fighting” more times than we can count.
They’ve learned that strength doesn’t come in size,
it comes in heartbeats that refuse to quit.
To every preemie parent,
to every mom who left the hospital without her baby,
to every dad who sat beside a monitor praying it wouldn’t beep, you are not alone.
And to every warrior who came too soon but fought their way home,
you are proof that miracles exist.
©️Caty Sanders
