Fandom For Preemies

No, I'm no where near updating with anything. But this blog topic is something that is VERY important to me.

I was checking some of my tweets on twitter, and AydenM had tweeted out about a new cause. It's called Fandom for Preemies. The concept is simple. Write a oneshot, outtake, or something original for support to the March of Dimes. The March of Dimes is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to help prevent birth defects, premature labor, and infant mortality.

What a lot of people don't know, is that this cause means so much to me. I am the aunt to three amazing nieces and three amazing nephews. One of my nieces and one of my nephews were preemies.

Navannah was born in January of 2001. She was two months early, if memory serves me correctly. It was a strange part of my life because my sister and my mom weren't on speaking terms. They hadn't been for a while. Since my sister's dad had died. (She's my half sister.) But when Navannah was born, Mel was freaked because she was so early. I remember going into the hospital and sitting in Mel's room while my mom was in NICU. That's where Na spent the first few weeks of her life. I don't get along with hospitals. I never have, and I probably never will. So I didn't actually see her when she was in her incubator. She was tiny when she came home though. We were blessed that the worst thing that happened to her was an infection when she was little. She also had ear problems, and was tongue tied. But it was nothing too serious.

Then there's Dakota. Also born in January. But he was born in 2005. (Yes, Navannah and Dakota are brother and sister. Born about 12 days apart.) He was bad off when he was born. Everything that could go wrong with him, did go wrong. He's my Murphy's Law. Once again, while he was in NICU, I was sitting dutifully by my sister while everyone else fawned over the baby. But the moment he was out of the hospital. He was all mine. Again, we were lucky with D. He didn't have any issues with illnesses. He's a normal child. Well, as normal as he can be when growing up in my family.

There are a lot of preemie stories don't turn out like mine did. My story was a walk in the park compared to others I've heard. So, do me a favor. Donate to the cause. If you're an author, contribute to the cause. I already linked the site on here. I'm going to work on a oneshot for the cause. No idea what it'll be yet, but it'll be something.