March of Dimes, Walk for Babies

Dear Friends and Family,

As many of you know, Meredith is our little miracle.

 Born too soon because of an infection I contracted 

when I was pregnant(we think but still don't know for sure),

 she arrived in this world at 33 weeks.

Living in Italy at the time all the doctors told us

   before she arrived is that she probably was not going

 to make it. If she did make it she would have a number of

 health problems. We were expecting the worse. What followed

 were the worse and longest 7 weeks in our lives. But...

Meredith was a fighter. She didn't give up and by the grace of God

 she pushed through and is now a happy, healthy, normal

 2 1/2 year old.

We didn't have a wonderful organization like March of

 Dimes there with us in Italy, so far away; to help us get 

through the situation we were in. I often wonder how it 

would have been different if we would have been in the

 United States. I don't know this. I do know that now that

 we are back in the United States and we want to help. No one

 should have to go through what Meredith went though and what

 we went though as a family. Unfortunately, things happen that 

are out of your control. Our birth story has changed our lives forever.

We want to do our part to help families and babies like Meredith 

that find themselves in the same situation. This is why we

 are supporting

 the March of Dimes again this year by fundraising and 

walking in the March of Babies on April 30th.

We would love it if you could join us in the walk to support 

this wonderful cause.

If you can't walk with us, please help by donating to

 our family team. 

Please see the column to the right and click on the March for

 Babies link

 to get started, it will send you directly to the page where 

you can sign 

up to donate or click here. Remember, any amount large or

 small helps. 

Thanks so much!

With all our Love,

The Richards Family

Matt, Courtney, Nolan, Meredith, and Liam

The mission of March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies 

by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality.