Life has a funny way of bringing certain people into your life. Sarah and I lived next door to each other in college. She was sorority sisters with my roommates so we did lots of fun college things together however, we didn't really remain in contact after I graduated. Thankfully for facebook we reconnected and one night I saw a post about her daughter Mackenzie being in the hospital. I creeped on her profile and came across her blog. I had no idea that Mackenzie had a life saving liver transplant when she was 14 months old. At the time, Charlie had just been discharged from the PICU at CHKD and learned that Charlie Claire was going to need brain surgery so as soon as I saw that Mackenzie was back in the hospital my heart went out to Sarah and her husband Mat. Unless you have had your baby in the hospital it's hard to understand the feelings and emotions that come along with it. I wrote Sarah on facebook and we set up a little date to catch up.
Sarah came back into my life at such a crucial time...she has been such a blessing to me for so many reasons. While the circumstances for us rekindling our friendship aren't typical, I am super glad they brought us back together!
Sarah and her family will be celebrating Mackenzie's 3 year transplantiversary on January 21st!! If you are interested in Mackenzie's story check out their blog. You can also check out these AMAZING photos of Sarah and her family and read a little bit about Mackenzie here.
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