Madeline Alice Spohr

Today I was catching up on some of my favorite blogs. One of my favorites is http://mooshinindy.com/. As I began reading some of her recent posts my heart began to break. A friend of Casey's (the author of the blog), Heather Spohr, lost her daughter, Madeline Alice Spohr. Madeline was born prematurely and because of that, her immune system was weak. Please take some time to read the posts at http://mooshinindy.com/ and also at http://www.remembermaddie.com/.

In remembrance of little Maddie, I have changed the color of some of my text to purple (I was trying to change the background color to purple, but since I'm not very good at this whole web design thing, I gave up because I don't know how).

I lost my niece, Alexis Leigh Fromme, in 2003. She was born 16 weeks premature. Alexis lived for 3 days. My sister, Wendy Fromme, and I have chosen to honor Alexis and other prematurely born babies (like Maddie) by walking for the March of Dimes every year.

Please take a moment and donate to the March of Dimes by clicking the link on the right-hand side of my blog. It only takes a moment. I know that economy is bad and times are tough all around, but even if you can only donate $1, every dollar helps.

Do this so families like the Spohrs and the Frommes don't have to know the pain of losing a child.

Alexis Leigh Fromme

Alexis

Alexis (1/21/03 - 1/24/03)