Gift from Grief

I'm a relatively new Daddy, so this story kind of got to me on a very a personal level. Jenny Hander, like any new parent, could not wait for the birth of her twin girls. How devestating to learn that one would not live. I can't imagine the anguish and pain that must have caused her and her husband. However, sometimes through tragedy we discover a strength inside we never knew existed. That is Jenny Hander's story. She truly turned her tragedy into triumph. She received several stuffed animals during her daughter's illness. After her daughter's death, she decided those animals should still have a life for another child experiencing a life threatening challenge no child should have to endure. She would have been completely justified wallowing in self-pity and grief as she recovered from what must have been unimaginable pain. Somehow she took her mind off herself and managed to give away more than toys. She's giving hundreds of children throughout North Texas a reason to smile. And I'm sure her daughter is looking down at her mother and smiling too.