by Kelli Kelley | May 22, 2015 | News
Parenting a baby in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and founding a nonprofit have much in common. Both require a strong faith, sheer determination and a community of support. And just as I marvel at the tremendous obstacles my micropreemie (now 14 years old)...
by Stacey Skrysak | Dec 12, 2014 | Emotional Health, Grief & Bereavement, Life after the NICU
When you become pregnant, you expect to get cravings. You expect to be uncomfortable with swollen feet. And you expect to be pregnant for 40 weeks, or at least close to it. But when all doesn’t go as plan, you end up hoping for a miracle. That was the case when...
by Kelli Kelley | Jun 27, 2014 | Life after the NICU, News
For many years following the preterm birth of my son, I dreaded attending baby showers. While I was happy for my friends and wanted to play my part in helping them celebrate the approaching arrival of their child, I was invariably besieged with resentment, anger and...
by Guest Blogger | May 23, 2014 | News
Meet Matt and Tracy Regusci. The Regusci’s are servant leaders in their Central California beach town. They are on the committee for a local nonprofit foster and adoption group called Project Zero whose mission is to have zero orphan children one day. It is...
by Guest Blogger | Dec 13, 2013 | Inspiration, Life after the NICU, News
When a friend is hurting emotionally or physically, our first instinct is to help. But a NICU experience is often very isolating and it is hard for those who have never had a NICU experience to truly understand how they can best provide support. We all have our own...