#7

I'd just like to take a second to say something that has been on my mind today.

On Facebook, I follow a little girl named Ali. Her mom post almost everyday about her because she is seven years old and has what's known as Batten's Disease. It is a rare, incurable disease that debilitates children.

Ali was walking, playing, talking and just all around having fun as a four year old, but then the Batten's Monster, as her mom calls it, slowly handicapped her. Over the next four years she became dependent on a wheel chair, she could not speak, she was blind and basically needed 24/7 care. The more time passed the worse she got. Her mom, a very Godly woman, always had faith in the Lord & always prayed for a miracle for her baby. Ali was a gorgeous little girl, who was taken too soon. She passed away yesterday morning at about 10:46am, luckily in her mom's arms and earned her wings to Heaven.

I just wanted to make everyone aware of Childhood diseases and Cancers, especially those that don't have a cure yet. I had been following this little girl for at least a year in a half to almost two years and she kind of felt like family. Her mom would post a lot about Ali, her supporters, her friends & her family. She left behind a mom, dad, and three brothers. I just want everyone to say a prayer for them in this hard time.

It has personally touched me because with us having a baby in February, you're never promised a healthy child. I just thank God that so far, my Isaiah is a healthy thriving little baby inside of me and continues to grow as so. And when I get the chance to meet him in February I will hold him extra tight, think of Ali & her mom and never miss an opportunity to spend with him!


RIP Ali. Fly high sweet girl*