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10 Life Lessons I Learned After Experiencing Life’s Greatest Joy and Most Devastating Challenge
by Charles George Over the last six years of my life, I have experienced my greatest joy and my most devastating challenge. The biggest joy was welcoming my son, Thomas, into the world upon his birth. The biggest challenge that I have ever faced in life is my son...
Helping is Healing: Accepting Help in the NICU
Accepting help in the NICU is tough. My son, Brooks, was born at 29 weeks after a month-long hospital stay on bedrest because of PPROM I developed at 25 weeks. There was so much help I needed from the time I was hospitalized. I was almost completely helpless, it felt,...
A Family’s First Christmas in the Hospital from a Dad’s Perspective
by Charles George I remember our first Christmas with our son, Thomas. It was December 2012. Neither my wife nor myself anticipated being in the hospital, over an hour away from our home, with our son on Christmas day. Thomas was born at the University of Virginia...