AUBREY
I look at all the other mothers in this place.
I see them holding their babies and their happy face.
It wasn't supposed to happen this way,
She was supposed to come a much later day.
I watch her tiny body in that clear plastic dome,
Wishing it was the day to take her home.
The beeps from the machine are driving me mad.
I just wanted everything to be perfect, is that so bad?
So now I gotta take it like it's given,
And pray for my sweet Aubrey to keep on livin'.


This was written not long ago, but it seems like decades ago. To all the mothers going through the NICU experience my love and heart goes out to you all.
                                                                       Tonya
                                                          (mother to Aubrey 27 wker. 1#3oz.)
                                                          she will always be my precious preemie