KODAK MOMENT: GAZING UPON A MIRACLE
"Mom, I am in labor a week early!", I heard my daughter tell me! My flight was scheduled for the following week and it coincided with Spring Break. After calling every airline around, no flights were available for me to get from Houston to Florida!
So, what does every mother do? Of course, I threw a bag into the car and headed out to drive the 1200+ miles to get to that new grand baby! Somewhere outside of Lake Charles, LA I received the SMS with the picture of my new, precious granddaughter Azilinn! I burst into tears, stepped on the gas a little heavier and for what seemed an eternity of trying to make it to the eastern coast of Florida!
Two days later exhausted but elated, I had arrived at the hospital. I literally sprinted from the parking lot to the correct floor and burst in! I scooped up that sweet little bundle and therefore creating this very special KODAK MOMENT!
Life as we each know it is so special and so fleeting. A few months after this KODAK MOMENT was taken, I would learn that I had a large tumor in my lung. The doctors gave me little hope. Yet here I am today with my life intact (minus half a lung) and I am here to enjoy this precious child.
I will be forever grateful for this picture being taken as I FELL IN LOVE! Life is sweet! Life is wonderful! Drink it in and never, ever give up on your dreams.
This post is written as a submission to the ActiveRain 'Kodak Moments' contest. I have the chance to win the KODAK EASYSHARE M580 Digital Camera
To participate in the ActiveRain contest, visit the blog post announcing the contest from Kodak and ActiveRain.
"Have you fully lived today?"
Paula L. McDonald ~ REALTOR®
Broker Associate - RE/MAX The Woodlands & Spring
26113 Oak Ridge Drive Suite D ~ The Woodlands, Texas 77380
936-203-0279 Direct
Selling The Woodlands real estate and surrounding areas!
Copyright 2013 Paula McDonald
Paula,
Beautiful picture, beautiful story...thanks for sharing this. All the best, have a wonderful weekend. A
Paula, Congratulations on the new grandbaby. I will enjoy that experience in a few years when I get older:)
An absolutely perfect Kodak moment. Thanks for sharing the story.
Paula, Wonderful. How on earth will the judges of the Kodak Moment contest decide who wins?
Paula -
A perfect moment that will last forever... Thank you for sharing your Kodak moment!
Paula,
A wonderful post, a beatiful photo, and priceless memory.
You had a tough year, but it is going to be better
GOOD MORNING PAULA! Drink it in is right ... lovely lovely story and picture -- Gab
So tell me.... what's it like to hold your grandbaby for the first time, versus when you first held your child the first time? Such a beautiful story!!!
Beautiful, I have thoroughky enjoyd this series of Kodak Moment posts!
Beautiful, I have thoroughky enjoyd this series of Kodak Moment posts!
Paula,
Great picture and you don't look tired at all. I know first hand how long that drive is having gone back and forth from Boston to Dallas a couple of times this year. Thanks for sharing your Kodak moment.
Thank you all for the wonderful sentiments. Merry Christmas!
Paula, when I first started reading and then saw the pic I thought it was YOUR little one NOT your grandBABY!!! You certainly don't look anywhere old enough to be a Grandma!!!
But seriously - you just brought tears to my eyes! What a tender story, may you enjoy a long and healthy life watching that beautiful child grow up...
Merriest of Christmas wishes from our home to yours!
Paula,
A genuine KODAK moment for sure. Nothing is better than life... g
A beautiful picture and touching story. Definitely a Kodak Moment. (I'm with Pam and Lee--can't believe you're a grandma!)
Paula; That's what it's all about. You know the secret. Merry Christmas.