March for Babies
posted by mike on April 26th, 2008
Today we participated in the March for Babies, an annual event for the March of Dimes. We had multiple reasons for participating. First, our good friends, the Focosis, had a daughter named Lydia who died from a birth defect called anencephaly. This was a great opportunity to show support for our friends and to pay tribute to the life of a beautiful baby girl that was cut short. Our second reason for going was of course our daughter Ruby. As most of you know, we spent a week in the NICU after Ruby's birth. Thanks to the technology and medical advances of our day, we still have our precious girl with us today. Participating in the march was a great way to support efforts to save babies like Ruby, who stuggle to live after birth.
The march was quite fun. We were part of a team called "Lydia's Grace" that was headed up by Amy Focosi. We had something like 75 people on our team. many of whom were good friends from church. We walked for ~4 miles, in the streets around the county fairgrounds. There were tons of people participating! I've posted some photos from the day here. These are a few of my favorites:
posted by mike on April 26th, 2008
Today we participated in the March for Babies, an annual event for the March of Dimes. We had multiple reasons for participating. First, our good friends, the Focosis, had a daughter named Lydia who died from a birth defect called anencephaly. This was a great opportunity to show support for our friends and to pay tribute to the life of a beautiful baby girl that was cut short. Our second reason for going was of course our daughter Ruby. As most of you know, we spent a week in the NICU after Ruby's birth. Thanks to the technology and medical advances of our day, we still have our precious girl with us today. Participating in the march was a great way to support efforts to save babies like Ruby, who stuggle to live after birth.
The march was quite fun. We were part of a team called "Lydia's Grace" that was headed up by Amy Focosi. We had something like 75 people on our team. many of whom were good friends from church. We walked for ~4 miles, in the streets around the county fairgrounds. There were tons of people participating! I've posted some photos from the day here. These are a few of my favorites:
