Surviving Prematurity
by LACRISHA BRADSHAW
(ROUNDROCK,TEXAS)
MY NAME IS LACRISHA AND ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO MY MOM GAVE BIRTH TO ME ONLY TO REALIZE THAT I WAS BORN ONLY 1 POUND AND KNOWING THAT GIVING UP WAS THE HARDEST THING TO DO. MY MOM WALKED OUT BUT MY GRANDMOTHER STOOD BY THE BED SIDE PRAYING DAY IN AND OUT. THE DOCTORS TOLD BOTH MY MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER THERE IS NO HOPE I WAS GETTING WORST BY THE MOMENT. BUT MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A PRAYING WOMEN AND SHE TOLD GOD THAT IF HE SPARED MY LIFE SHE WILL SEE TO IT THAT I LIVE FOR HIM AND KNOW BEING 25 YEARS LATER I AM A LIVING MIRACLE AND I WAS TOUCHED TO HEAR THIS STORY.