Mom Adopts Micro Preemie, Family Showers ‘Little One’ With Love Until He Dies 8 Days Later

Mom Adopts Micro Preemie, Family Showers ‘Little One’ With Love Until He Dies 8 Days Later
Courtesy of Julie Chambers
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A grieving mom is sharing her family’s “rollercoaster” adoption story after spending eight precious days with a micro-preemie baby boy. The baby lost his fight for life, but his adoptive mom remains grateful for their time spent together, claiming “his tiny footprints are forever stamped on my heart.”
Julie Chambers, 48, and her husband of almost 25 years, 50-year-old David, are parents to 11 children together at their home in San Diego, California. Julie describes herself on her blog as “privileged to be a mother of eleven by way of homegrown, adoption, and fostering.”