A Mei Tai for Mighty Gabriel
We have a few new mei tais coming out this fall (we’ll tell you more about those next week), but wanted to take this opportunity to tell you about one in particular and the special place it holds in our heart. [caption id="attachment_853" align="alignleft" width="225"]
A mei tai for Mighty Gabriel[/caption]
Our newest mei tai pattern is called Mighty Gabriel’s Forest and it’s named for a beautiful little boy whose life was much too short. Before he was born, his parents were gifted a Catbird Baby carrier, by a member of our team, that they would never be able to use. No parent should have to go through what they have. And at Catbird Baby we want to honor baby Gabriel and bring awareness to the disease that took him from us.
Gabriel Anthony Allen was born on June 24, 2015 with a genetic disorder called Spinal Muscular Atrophy, or SMA. The diagnosis came when he was just four weeks old. We had never heard of it before; neither had his parents. SMA is a disease that robs people of physical strength by affecting the motor nerve cells in the spinal cord, taking away the ability to walk, eat, or breathe. It is the number one genetic cause of death for infants.
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Baby Gabriel was born on June 24th.[/caption]
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Gabriel was diagnosed with SMA when he was 4 weeks old and spent 30 days in the hospital.[/caption]
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Once home, Mighty Gabriel was able to spend some time outside in his backyard forest with the help of his special wagon.[/caption]
Gabriel spent his 64 days of life surrounded by love. While his body was failing, his mind was sharp. He smiled. He loved music and being outside with his parents and three-year-old sister. He was brave and mighty.
Gabriel’s backyard is a forest of trees filled with deer, rabbits and foxes. He never grew up to run and explore this wonderland or learn to skip rocks alongside his sister. But we know that his spirit lives on in the whisper of the wind, the rustling of the leaves, in the playfulness and purposefulness that is nature ; his spirit lives on in Mighty Gabriel’s Forest.
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A nature inspired design with trees, deer, foxes and rabbits that remind us of Gabriel and his time spent outdoors.[/caption]
A portion of all Mighty Gabriel’s Forest mei tai sales will go to cureSMA, an organization that funds research for the treatment of and cure for SMA.
To learn more about SMA visit cureSMA.org.
To learn more about Mighty Gabriel and his story visit mightygabriel.blogspot.com
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