Saturday Snapshot

Saturday Snapshot is hosted by At Home with Books. To participate in this meme post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky. Photos can be old or new, and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes to see. How much detail you give in the caption is entirely up to you. Please don't post random photos that you find online.

It seems like I had a hectic week and didn't accomplish anything at home or on my blog. Just when I was feeling frustrated with life's minor annoyances I had a reminder of what is really important. My friend and I traveled two hours to a neonatal intensive care unit to visit a new baby. A friend of our sons had his first child delivered this week, a month early with his intestines outside his abdomen. They knew this was a complication and doctors were monitoring things closely. The baby had corrective surgery immediately after birth and all went well. Now he is receiving care to recover and grow since he only weighed 4 lbs at birth. He could be there from weeks to months depending on his recovery. His parents are in their early twenties, the same age as my son who just had his first child. They are strong but scared and just want to take their baby home. They can touch him but haven't even held him yet. They are in a wonderful hospital in a unit with sixty sick babies. 60. As we walked past all of those tiny infants in their little isolettes with other worried parents huddled around their children I was grateful again for the many blessings in my life. I am so thankful for my children and now my grandchildren. We are so lucky that we have a healthy, chubby baby to rock in our arms at home. Hopefully this little guy will be home soon rocking in his family's arms. I had to post his photo today. His proud daddy never took his hands off his little son the whole time we were there. Maybe you could send a few extra prayers their way.