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heartily: A picture began circulating in November. It should be...

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:18:08 -0400

A picture began circulating in November. It should be “The Picture of the Year,” or perhaps, “Picture of the Decade.” It won’t be. In fact, unless you obtained a copy of the U.S. paper which published it, you probably would never have seen it.

The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named Samuel Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by surgeon named Joseph Bruner. The baby was diagnosed with spina bifida and would not survive if removed from his mother’s womb. Little Samuel’s mother, Julie Armas, is an obstetrics nurse in Atlanta. She knew of Dr. Bruner’s remarkable surgical procedure. Practicing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, he performs these special operations while the baby is still in the womb.

During the procedure, the doctor removes the uterus via C-section and makes a small incision to operate on the baby. As Dr. Bruner completed the surgery on Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny, but fully developed hand through the incision and firmly grasped the surgeon’s finger. Dr. Bruner was reported as saying that when his finger was grasped, it was the most emotional moment of his life, and that for an instant during the procedure he was just frozen, totally immobile.

The photograph captures this amazing event with perfect clarity. The editors titled the picture, “Hand of Hope.” The text explaining the picture begins, “The tiny hand of 21-week-old fetus Samuel Alexander Armas emerges from the mother’s uterus to grasp the finger of Dr. Joseph Bruner as if thanking the doctor for the gift of life.”

Little Samuel’s mother said they “wept for days” when they saw the picture. She said, “The photo reminds us pregnancy isn’t about disability or an illness, it’s about a little person” Samuel was born in perfect health, the operation 100 percent successful. Now see the actual picture, and it is awesome…incredible….an d hey, pass it on! The world needs to see this one!

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raphmike: FOLLOW THE OWL

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:26:31 -0400

raphmike:

FOLLOW THE OWL

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leilockheart: Quote submitted by back-to-seventeen

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:41:41 -0400

leilockheart:

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theheartplace: Photo:...

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:28:02 -0400

theheartplace:

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leilockheart: tumblr-funniest: Featured at Tumblr’s Funniest...

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leilockheart:

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Featured at Tumblr’s Funniest Posts

can’t be unseen.

self-exxpression: Above: Huang Guofu, an armless painter from...

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:06:51 -0400

self-exxpression:

Above: Huang Guofu, an armless painter from Chongqing, China.

some people are just so amazing.

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theheartplace: (via imgfave)

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:15:55 -0400

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leilockheart: By captainbeanis

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:13:12 -0400

leilockheart:

By captainbeanis

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"Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your..."

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:07:02 -0400

“Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.”

- Mahatma Gandhi (via kari-shma)

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