Mother Mary with Baby Jesus

There are obviously two types of Education. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.

James Truslow Adams

Hearts

The Brother's Song

Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3 year old son, Michael, prepare for a new sibling.

They found out that the new baby was going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael sang to his little sister in Mommy's tummy. He was building a bond of love with his little sister before he even met her.

The pregnancy progressed normally for Karen.

In time, the labor pains came. Soon it was every five minutes, very three, every minute. But serious complications arose during delivery and Karen found herself in hours of labor.

Would a C-section be required? Finally after a long struggle, Michael's little sister was born.

But she was in very serious condition. With a siren howling in the night, the ambulance rushed the infant to the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee.

The days inched by. The little girl got worse. The pediatric specialist regretfully had to tell the parents, "There is very little hope. Be prepared for the worst."

Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery about a burial plot. They had fixed up a special room in their home for the new baby....but now they found themselves having to plan for a funeral.

Michael, however, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister. "I want to sing to her," he kept saying. Week two in the intensive care looked as if a funeral could come before the week was over.

Michael kept nagging about singing to his sister, but kids are never allowed in the Intensive Care. Karen made up her mind, though. She would take Michael whether they liked it or not! If he didn't see his sister right then, he may never see her alive.

She dressed him in an oversized scrub suit and marched him into ICU. He looked like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse recognized him as a child and bellowed "Get that kid out of here now! NO children are allowed!"

The mother rose up strong in Karen, and the usually mild-mannered lady glared steel-eyed right into the head nurse’s face, her lips a firm line. "He's not leaving until he sings to his sister!"

Karen towed Michael to his sister's bedside. He gazed at the tiny infant losing the battle to live. After a moment, he began to sing.

In the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old Michael sang:

"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray,"

Instantly the baby girl seemed to respond. Her pulse rate began to calm down and become steady. "Keep on singing, Michael, encouraged Karen with tears in her eyes.

"You never know, dear,
how much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away."

Michael's little sister began to relax as rest, healing rest, seemed to sweep over her. "Keep on singing, Michael." Tears had now conquered the face of the bossy head nurse.

Karen glowed. "My only sunshine. Please don't take my sunshine away...."

The next day, ...the very next day...the little girl was well enough to go home!

"Woman's Day Magazine" called it "The Miracle of a Brother's Song" The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of God's love!

Never give up on the people you love. Love is so incredible powerful. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world!

by Mary J. Widhalm

Parishes of the Klerksdorp Diocese

This is an alphabetical list of all the Parishes that fall under the jurisdiction of the Catholic Diocese of Klerksdorp. It lists their contact details and the Priests who serve them.

Click on the letter that your area starts with, and you will be able to see if their is a Parish in your area.

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Although the Parishes fall into 4 different Zones, we list them alphabetically for you to make it easier to find where they are.

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ALABAMA
Our Lord King of Peace (1962)
Parish Priest: Fr. Joseph Kyeyune
P.O. Box 4, Alabama, Klerksdorp, 2577
E-mail: Father Kyeyune
Cell: +27 (76) 355 7927
Services:
When: Sundays
Time: 8:00 am

The Brother's Song

Parishes of the Klerksdorp Diocese

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