When Samantha was born her parents thought she was a perfectly healthy baby girl. After two months Samantha’s mom began to notice Sami was not showing emotion; she had a blank look on her face and did not smile. It was not until her four month check up doctors started to suspect something was wrong with Samantha. Several tests were ran and her first diagnosis was hypogenesis of the corpus callosom (a portion of the largest midline structure of the brain was missing).

At seven months of age sweet Sami was admitted to Children’s Hospital for pneumonia. During the next 30 days Samantha would heal and her parents would learn she also had cerebral palsy, optic nerve hypoplasis, severe hearing loss, would need a feeding tube, and would be developmentally delayed, along with several other issues. Although a lot to take in for her family at first, Samantha has been and will continue to be a true blessing to her family.

During her five years of life Samantha has taught her family more than they could ever teach her; how to love, be accepting, be patient, enjoy every moment, appreciate everything. Samantha is her parents “Angel” and is beyond loved.

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photography by brittany wilbur

music by Sean Hayes :: angel