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There are so many things that can go wrong with children. Miscarriages, premies, infinite diseases and genetic abnormalities. And somehow, our little unexpected surprise came out perfect. Children get kidnapped, run over by cars, drown, and 10000 other inexplicable things. Sometimes it just hits me how lucky I am. I obviously have no trouble conceiving, I had a healthy pregnancy, I have a healthy baby who happens to have an amazing personality too. Sometimes he drives me nuts (as I'm sure he'll do his whole life, he gets that from his father), and sometimes I have no idea how someone so little can make such a MESS, but I am always always thankful that he exists. So I think those of us with healthy babies need to take a few minutes every day to remember the flip side, the "there but for the grace of God go I" horror that many parents face every day. Especially when we're exasperated.
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