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07-04-2005, 10:03 AM | #1 |
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| Do you smell the Rain! > >Smell the Rain > >At the end of this story, it gives you two options. I think you >will figure out what option I chose. >A cold March wind danced around the dead of night in Dallas as >the doctor walked into the small hospital room of Diana Blessing. >She was still groggy from surgery. Her husband, David, held her >hand as they braced themselves for the latest news. >That afternoon of March 10, 1991, complications had forced Diana, >only 24-weeks pregnant, to undergo an emergency Caesarian to >deliver the couple's new daughter, Dana Lu Blessing. >At 12 inches long and weighing only one pound nine ounces, they >already knew she was perilously premature. Still, the doctor's >soft words dropped like bombs. >"I don't think she's going to make it," he said, as kindly as he >could."There's only a 10-percent chance she will live through the >night, and even then, if by some slim chance she does make it, her >future could be a very cruel one."Numb with disbelief, David and Diana >listened as the doctor >described the devastating problems Dana would likely face if she >survived.She would never walk, she would never talk, she would probably >be blind, and she would certainly be prone to other catastrophic >conditions from cerebral palsy to complete mental retardation, >and on and on. "No! No!" was all Diana could say. >She and David, with their 5-year-old son Dustin, had long >dreamed of the day they would have a daughter to become a family >of four. Now, within a matter of hours, that dream was slipping >away. But as those first days passed, a new agony set in for David and >Diana. Because Dana's underdeveloped nervous system was essentially >'raw,' the lightest kiss or caress only intensified her discomfort, so >they couldn't even cradle their tiny baby girl against their chests >to offer the strength of their love. All they could do, as Dana >struggled alone beneath the ultraviolet light in the tangle of tubes >and wires, was to pray that God would stay close to their precious >little girl. There was never a moment when Dana suddenly grew stronger. >But >as the weeks went by, she did slowly gain an ounce of weight here >and an ounce of strength there. At last, when Dana turned two months >old, her parents were able to hold her in their arms for the very >First time. And two months later, though doctors continued to gently but >grimly >Warn that her chances of surviving, much less living any kind of normal >life,were next to zero, Dana went home from the hospital, just as her >mother >Had predicted. Five years later, when Dana was a petite but feisty young >girl >with glittering gray eyes and an unquenchable zest for life. She >showed no signs whatsoever of any mental or physical impairment. >Simply, she was everything a little girl can be and more. But that >happy ending is far from the end of her story. >One blistering afternoon in the summer of 1996 near her home in >Irving, Texas, Dana was sitting in her mother's lap in the bleachers >of a local ballpark where her brother Dustin's baseball team was >practicing.As always, Dana was chattering nonstop with her mother and >several other adults sitting nearby when she suddenly fell silent. >Hugging her arms across her chest, little Dana asked, "Do you >smell that?"Smelling the air and detecting the approach of a >thunderstorm, >Diana replied, "Yes, it smells like rain."Dana closed her eyes and again >asked, "Do you smell that?" >Once again, her mother replied, "Yes, I think we're about to get wet. >It smells like rain."Still caught in the moment, Dana shook her head, >patted her thin >shoulders with her small hands and loudly announced, "No, it smells >like Him. It smells like God when you lay your head on His chest." >Tears blurred Diana's eyes as Dana happily hopped down to play >with the other children. >Before the rains came, her daughter's words confirmed what Diana >and all the members of the extended Blessing family had known, at >least in their hearts, all along. >During those long days and nights of her first two months of >life, when her nerves were too sensitive for them to touch her, God >was holding Dana on His chest and it is His loving scent that she >remembers so well.You now have 1 of 2 choices. You can either pass this >on and >let other people catch the chills like you did, or you can delete >this and act like it didn't touch your heart like it did mine. >IT'S YOUR CALL! "I can do all things in Him who strengthens me." > (Phil.4:13) >When you are down to nothing . >God is up to something! |
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07-04-2005, 10:14 AM | #2 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Effingham, Illinois
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| I love this! My son was also premature by 10 weeks! When he was little he would tell me about being in big hands in a glass room filled with light. And then he would say then you came and got me! I wondered if he was remembering Heaven and God, or if he was describing being in an incubator. I still wonder.....
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07-04-2005, 10:21 AM | #3 |
Donating YT 14K Club Member | I can't read this. I remember seeing it a couple of years ago and I cry everytime. It is such a sweet story. What a brave little girl!
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07-04-2005, 10:33 AM | #4 |
Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tontitown Arkansas
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| And...I sit and ponder over the words I just read, letting them soak into my heart. I wipe a tear, take a heavy sigh and say "I am so glad I believe in God". i_love_my_yorki - Thank you for sharing. Eensor - your story leaves me wondering too.
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