I had to have the hardest conversation yesterday with Magnolia. 

My best friend in the whole wide world, Kimmie is almost 6 months pregnant with a little girl they've named Brookelyn.  She's been having some spotting and other issues with her pregnancy, so she needed to have another ultrasound yesterday.  She called me sobbing from the doctors office with scary news.  The baby has a cyst on it's brain. 

They immidately did an amnio (where they stick a needle in her tummy and draw fluid out to test it) and now we have to wait two weeks to see what the results say.  If it comes back positive for this certain thing, the doctor says the baby won't live and  they will have to take the baby out.  But, it could come back negative and the baby could be fine.  It's just gonna be the longest waiting game ever.

So, I was crying yesterday and Magnolia was asking me what was the matter.  It's so cute because she just kept saying "Mommy sad?  It's ok mommy, I got you, don't be sad"  I wasn't gonna tell her. 

I just told her we were gonna call Kimmie to say hi.  So, she asked me if she could talk to Kimmie too, and Savannah and baby Brooklyn...and I just lost it.  All I could say was "we have to call Kimmie cause baby Brooklyn has a boo boo."  She said she wanted to give baby Brooklyn a band- aid.   It was so sweet, heartbreaking and sad all at the same time.

I tried not to cry when I was on the phone with her the first time, (when she was at the doctor's office) but the second time I spoke to her I couldn't help myself.  It's just so sad. 

My sweet friend has been through so much.  Her first baby was born in a strange town with strange doctors a week after Hurricane Katrina destroyed her New Orleans home and her parents' Mississippi home.  Then, she developed a horrible infection that lasted for months and required multiple surgeries, and now this.  It just makes you question why so many hard things happen to one person.  The worst thing that happend to me this year is that I lost a stupid watch.  It's just not fair.  I wish there was a way for me to take some of this bad luck for her.

I want to ask everyone to please say a little prayer for baby Brooklyn and my treasured friend, Kimmie.  They could really use it right now.  Thanks.

-Virginia