Pregnant with their first, she found comfort in a nurse's compassionate embrace and the sound of her baby's heart.
She saw an opportunity to make things better for the infants she cared for. So, the nurse became the inventor.
The baby was ten weeks early. Her tiny hand fit inside her father's wedding ring. Prayers and earnest care brought her home.
She walks five miles a day, flies airplanes and teaches Sunday School. And she wasn't going to let anything get the best of her.
They came by all morning. They all wanted to see the miracle baby they had heard so much about.
They were told that they might never hear him cry. What happened next surprised everyone.
She had helped countless others, but when she was diagnosed with breast cancer she learned what it was to rely on others.