If you could feel my heart inside, you would know how incredibly grateful I feel every day. I'm grateful for my husband, Montel, being blessed with a son, Jeremiah, and twins, Temay and Amiyah. I'm grateful for things like the roof over my family, the beds we sleep on, the food we eat, and the love of caring parents, siblings and friends. Everyday, I quietly thank God, knowing He is the giver of all gifts.
Some blessings come with challenges.
One of the most difficult of challenges began when Montel and I found out Amiyah had a heart defect. She was two weeks old when diagnosed with ventricle septal defect, a large hole between her left and right ventricles. She would need open-heart surgery, but would have to gain weight and strength first. At two weeks old, Amiyah nursed as vigorously as her sister Temay, but before long Amiyah grew weaker. As each day passed, she drank less milk as her energy was consumed by every beat of her failing heart.