Letters to Gabriel: The True Story of Gabriel Michael SantorumA collection of letters by the author to her unborn child with an abnormality known as "posterior urethral valve", a defect in which a valve in the urinary system does not open. As a result, the baby is unable to empty fluid from the bladder to the amniotic sac. |
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... sleep , so you could get your strength back . Daddy said we had to get up now , we can't be late - not today . I lay in bed afraid . Afraid that today would be the last day to hope . On the drive up , little was said . Yes , we were ...
... sleep , so you could get your strength back . Daddy said we had to get up now , we can't be late - not today . I lay in bed afraid . Afraid that today would be the last day to hope . On the drive up , little was said . Yes , we were ...
Page 65
... sleep . I was awake from 3:00 A.M. and on through the long night . No matter how hard I tried , I could not fall asleep . I prayed , I relaxed my body , I tried many different positions , but nothing helped . I rested , but sleep did ...
... sleep . I was awake from 3:00 A.M. and on through the long night . No matter how hard I tried , I could not fall asleep . I prayed , I relaxed my body , I tried many different positions , but nothing helped . I rested , but sleep did ...
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... sleep . I had kept my hands placed over you all day , Gabriel , talking with you , praying for you , and trying to capture every fraction of a second that we would share together . So , as tired as I was , sleep was the furthest thing ...
... sleep . I had kept my hands placed over you all day , Gabriel , talking with you , praying for you , and trying to capture every fraction of a second that we would share together . So , as tired as I was , sleep was the furthest thing ...
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Letters to Gabriel: The True Story of Gabriel Michael Santorum Karen Garver Santorum Limited preview - 2012 |
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References to this book
The Night I Held an Angel: An Inspirational Testimony of a Mother's Healing ... Zchantell McDonnell No preview available - 2004 |