"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge,
That myth is more potent than history.
I believe that dreams are more powerful than facts
That hope always triumphs over experience
That laughter is the only cure for grief
And I believe that love is stronger than death."
Robert Fulghum. Storyteller's Creed.

Not much to report today--thank goodness. Isaac is about the same that he has been for the last week or so. We're still sick with the flu, so we call a few times each day to keep track of how he is doing. It is KILLING me to not be able to go to the hospital. This is day number three, and it looks like I won't be able to go tomorrow either. It's making me crazy to have to stay home--but I know it's what's best not only for Isaac, but our whole family. Jonah has really needed some extra love and attention in addition to being sick so it's been nice to be able to give him some "Mama Time".

Just something fun I came across in one of the preemie books I'm reading. The following people were all born prematurely.

Isaac Newton, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Keats, Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, Anna Pavlova, Stevie Wonder, Victor Hugo, Sidney Poitier, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Charles Darwin. (I'm sure there are many fabulous women who were born prematurely as well, but history is a little biased :)

Apparently Albert Einstein didn't begin speaking until he was three. I love knowing things like that. Even though I know the statistics are valuable and I know the doctors have to take the position they do in order to not give any false hope to parents (although some take it a bit too far), I love being able to say, "Ahah! See! All these babies did just fine! We'll show you!" :) Totally juvenile I know. To quote Walt Disney, "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." (Even though we aren't actually doing anything--it is kind of fun to watch the "impossible" happen right before your eyes.) What a gift.