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Angels for Preemies
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400,000 babies are born prematurely every year in the U.S. They can face critical perils at the beginning of life, sometimes needing incubators, ventilators, everything modern medicine can muster. Starting out in a sterile hospital crib, surrounded by bright lights and the sounds of machines and a bustling hospital staff, doesn’t lower an infant’s level of stress. And so the women of a United Methodist church in Alaska began to apply their talents with needle and thread for such babies. Kim Riemland says it gives them a warmer welcome to the world. |
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Angels for Preemies – Story:
Amanda Danielle Comeaux – all one pound, 10 ounces of her – arrived more than three months early. Her world, like that of other premature babies, is filled with beeping monitors, bright lights and nurses ‘round the clock.
But across town, these babies have friends, working to soften the hard edges of life in neonatal intensive care.
Peggy King organizes this sewing ministry called “Angels for Preemies.”
Peggy King: “God brings these little babies with problems and tiny little bodies into the world and even though I don’t know them, I kind of feel like maybe they know that we love them.”
Once a month, ladies lug their sewing machines to St. John United Methodist Church in Anchorage to make tiny clothes, blankets and colorful eye patches that protect developing eyes.
Peggy King: “I just pray for the health of these babies. I pray that God will watch over them, that He will keep their parents in his care also.”
When the finished products are delivered, parents find comfort in the handmade gifts.
“You go through quite a bit when you’re here.”
Amanda’s mom says it means a lot to know that people care.
“Thank you. Tell a lot of those people thank you. Thank you for the prayers.”
Little Amanda may have been born with obstacles to overcome, but she’s a fighter – and she has angels on her side.
Peggy King: “Every stitch is made with love.”
In Anchorage, Alaska, I’m Kim Riemland reporting.
Angels for Preemies – Tag:
The Angels for Preemies program has been going for nine years, helping hundreds of infants and their families.