About Shannon Pruitt from 'Mynewfavoriteday'
Welcome to 'mynewfavoriteday,' I hope you will enjoy my take on motivation, inspiration and advocacy and will take the opportunity to tell us of your own thoughts and stories.
Why I started 'mynewfavoriteday.'
I am a childhood surviving, divorced, now happily married, IVF (and now natural pregnancy) success story, working mother of 2 amazing babies who were born 12 weeks premature. As life often seems to surprise you when you least expect it, we will now add another sweet baby girl to our family his July. While our angel minis, Q and E are now 3.5 years old, our son, Q, has thrived while our daughter, E, has had a much more difficult journey. She is considered special needs and in September of 2012 was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called Angelman Syndrome. And so as she has grown, so do we as individuals and as family. How to help her, how to celebrate our differences while allowing ourselves to cope with the challenges that we never knew to expect. Thus, while much of this blog is based on our experiences (good and not-so-good), it is also based on how we must not let ourselves become victims of our circumstances but rather advocate in our own lives.
A little bit about me and who I am.
In my professional life I am a marketer in the Entertainment Industry; however, ‘mynewfavoriteday,’ was not born of entertainment or marketing but rather as a pathway to help myself and others as we try to define who we are as parents, family members, spouses, friends, colleagues and people. I believe in never judging a book by its cover. Every cover is different, and no matter what your cover looks like, you never know how someone's book is written. Like mine. From the outside, you might never know what truly makes me who I am or what I believe. This blog explores the pages on the inside of my book. My vulnerabilities, fears, happiness, and all my triggers through the lens of being grateful for all the amazing blessings I know I have received but sometimes forget in the challenges of daily life.
Thanks again for dropping by. I hope you will come back, subscribe, comment, share, and/or just hang out and be inspired or motivated to make each day for yourself or someone else 'anewfavoriteday.' By being here, you have certainly helped to make it mine.
xo,
Shannon
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February 15, 2012 at 10:15 am
I had read everyone’s pieces — except Deb’s. And taken together I was all: Sigh.
When our son was born, he stopped breathing five times. The thing is: he started breathing again. I can’t imagine the horror these people experienced. We always give to our NICU — and we always give to The American Cancer Society.
I don’t know if pediatric cancers are up, but I sure seem to be hearing about them more.
And they are heart breaking.
Thank you for sharing. And making those donations.
February 15, 2012 at 10:20 am
Awww Renee, I know exactly how you feel all throughout this comment.
I know your fear and can’t imagine what Donna’s mom and my little friend Faith’s mom have gone through having only walked a portion of the road they traveled.
I am not sure if we all have more access because of media and social media sharing stories or if it’s up, but either way such a great opportunity to spread awareness and to advocate for funding and research to save these little ones and their family from such terrible pain. Thanks for sharing your story. <3
February 15, 2012 at 3:41 pm
Awesome. It was a great Donna Day yesterday!
February 15, 2012 at 8:12 pm
Yes it was Katy! Such a lovely Donna Day:)