How Premmie Mums are chosen - Real Mum story on MoM

I found this today and it brought me to tears. I am a Premmie Mum to 3 babies, and wear my scars within”

How Preemie Mums Are Chosen…..

Did you ever wonder how the mothers of premature babies 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 take notes in a giant ledger. “Beth Armstrong, son. Patron Saint, Matthew. Marjorie Forrest, daughter. Patron Saint, Celia. Carrie Rutledge, twins. Patron Saint … give her Gerard. He’s used to profanity.” Finally, he passes a name to an angel and smiles. “Give her a preemie.”

The angel is curious. “Why this one, God? She’s so happy.”

“Exactly,” smiles God. “Could I give a premature baby a mother who knows no laughter? That would be cruel.”

“But does she have the patience?” asks the angel.

“I don’t want her to have too much patience, or she’ll drown in a sea of self-pity and despair. Once the shock and resentment wear off, she’ll handle it. I watched her today. She has that sense of self and independence so rare and so necessary in a mother. You see, the child I’m going to give her has a world of its own. She has to make it live in her world, and that’s not going to be easy.”

“But Lord, I don’t think she even believes in you.”

God smiles. “No matter, I can fix that. This one is perfect. She has just the right amount of selfishness.”

The angel gasps, “Selfishness?! Is that a virtue?”

God nods. “If she can’t separate herself from the child occasionally, she will never survive. Yes, here is a woman whom I will bless with a child less than perfect. She doesn’t know it yet, but she is to be envied. She will never take for granted a spoken word. She will never consider a step ordinary. When her child says ‘mama’ for the first time, she will be witness to a miracle and know it. 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 she is here by my side.”

“And what about her Patron Saint?” asks the angel, his pen poised in the air. God smiles.

“A mirror will suffice.”

Posted by katith21, 13th November 2013

8 Comments

- - mom81879 said
  - 14 Sep 2015
    1:27 pm
That is just beautiful! Bought a tear to my eye. I was blessed with 2 full term babies and never experienced the stress of having a premmie. To the parents of premmie a, I salute you, you sure have it tough for a while

- - mom113055 said
  - 11 Sep 2015
    5:04 pm
chosen mums

- - mom94125 said
  - 19 Jun 2015
    12:31 pm
it is tough hey. i had a child 4 almost 5 weeks early and she was soooo tiny! The smallest baby clothes were still too big.

- - mom118423 said
  - 14 Jun 2015
    8:07 pm
Lovely to be a premmi mum is to be a saint

- - mom113055 said
  - 21 Apr 2015
    2:09 pm
this story is good

- - mom57522 said
  - 09 Jan 2015
    11:34 am
How beatifully touching this story is.

- - mom56842 said
  - 30 Sep 2014
    2:51 am
How lovely and precious is that.

- - jodie80 said
  - 26 Mar 2014
    7:57 pm
maybe you were the perfect fit