Today is October 7. It’s been 6 months since sweet Maddie Spohr became an angel. Back in April it was hard to NOT hear about Maddie. I wasn’t on twitter yet but a lot of my blogging friends were. When I heard about Maddie, my heart broke. Later, I caught up on every single post Heather wrote since the day she lost her baby. I read archived posts about Maddie when she was still alive. I watched video after video and went through Heather’s flickr stream. I couldn’t learn enough about her.  After that I asked y’all to please support other families with babies in the NICU through an organization that is named after sweet Maddie. I have a button on my sidebar for Friends of Maddie. Both my girls were born premature. Granted, I was 36 weeks with both of them but they were both healthy. I can’t imagine having my babies in the NICU. Or not being able to bring them home with me when I left the hospital. Heather had to do that all. And not just once. I read Heather’s blog everyday. She inspires me. She’s finding a way to move on and build a new life with their new baby that’s on the way while still honoring and missing and loving the baby that she lost. I can’t imagine life without my girls. Yet Heather gives me a glimpse of how it’s possible to still breathe after. Painfully breathe but breathe nonetheless. It’s been 6 months that Maddie left the world. 6 months since I first heard her name. I never knew her. I don’t know Heather or Mike personally…but their child has moved me. I hope she moves you too.