At the end of this story, it gives you two
options.
I think you will figure out what option I chose.

Dallas as the doctor walked into the small hospital room of Diana
Blessing. She was still groggy from surgery.

Her husband, David, held her hand as they braced themselves for the
latest news.

That afternoon of March 10, 1991, complications had forced Diana, only
24-weeks pregnant, to undergo an emergency Cesarean to deliver
couple's new daughter, Dana Lu Blessing.


At 12 inches long and weighing only one pound nine ounces, they
already knew she was perilously premature.


Still, the doctor's soft words dropped like bombs.
"I don't think she's going to make it," he said, as kindly as he
could.

"There's only a 10-percent chance she will live through the night, and
even then, if by some slim chance she does make it, her future could
be a very cruel one"

Numb with disbelief, David and Diana listened as the doctor described
the devastating problems Dana would likely face if she survived.


She would never walk, she would never talk, she would probably be
blind, and she would certainly be prone to other catastrophic
conditions from cerebral palsy to complete mental retardation, and on
and on.

"No! No!" was all Diana could say.

She and David, with their 5-year-old son Dustin, had long dreamed of
the day they would have a daughter to become a family of four.


Now, within a matter of hours, that dream was slipping away

But as those first days passed, a new agony set in
for David and Diana.

Because Dana's underdeveloped nervous system was
essentially 'raw', the lightest kiss or caress only
intensified her discomfort, so they couldn't even
cradle their tiny baby girl against their chests to
offer the strength of their love.


All they could do, as Dana struggled alone beneath
the ultraviolet light in the tangle of tubes and
wires, was to pray that God would stay close to
their precious little girl.

There was never a moment when Dana suddenly grew
stronger.



But as the weeks went by, she did slowly gain an
ounce of weight here and an ounce of strength there.



At last, when Dana turned two months old, her
parents were able to hold her in their arms for the
very first time .


And two months later, though doctors continued to
gently but grimly warn that her chances of
surviving, much less living any kind of normal life,
were next to zero, Dana went home from the hospital,
just as her mother had predicted.

Five years later, when Dana was a petite but feisty
young girl with glittering gray eyes and an
unquenchable zest for life.



She showed no signs whatsoever of any mental or
physical impairment. Simply, she was everything a
little girl can be and more. But that happy ending
is far from the end of her story.

One blistering afternoon in the summer of 1996 near
her home in Irving, Texas, Dana was sitting in her
mother's lap in the bleachers of a local ball park
where her brother Dustin's baseball t ea m was
practicing.

As always, Dana was chattering nonstop with her
mother and several other adults sitting nearby when
she suddenly fell silent. Hugging her arms across
her chest, little Dana asked, "Do you smell that?"

Smelling the air and detecting the approach of a
thunderstorm, Diana replied, "Yes, it smells like
rain."

Dana closed her eyes and again asked, "Do you smell
that?"

Once again, her mother replied, "Yes, I think we're
about to get wet. It smells like rain
Still caught in the moment, Dana shook her head,
patted her thin shoulders with her small hand s a nd
loudly announced,
"No, it smells like Him.

It smells like God when you lay your head on His
chest."

Tears blurred Diana's eyes as Dana happily hopped
down

Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it back to you
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you gotta do
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do about you now

Backbeat the word was on the street
That the fire in your heart is out
I'm sure you've heard it all before
But you never really had a doubt
I don't believe that anybody feels
The way I do about you now

And all the roads we have to walk along are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I would
Like to say to you
I don't know how

Because maybe
You're gonna be the one who saves me ?
And after all
You're my wonderwall

Today was gonna be the day?
But they'll never throw it back to you
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you're not to do
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do
About you now

And all the roads that lead to you were winding
And all the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things that I would like to say to you
I don't know how

I said maybe
You're gonna be the one who saves me ?
And after all
You're my wonderwall

I said maybe
You're gonna be the one who saves me ?
And after an
You're my wonderwall

Said maybe
You're gonna be the one that saves me
You're gonna be the one that saves me
You're gonna be the one that saves me

1• Full Name: Paul McDonald
2• Nicknames: Uncle Paulie, PCVC, Ewok, Pule, Pastor Paul (lol thanks EJ's mum)
3• Birthday: 7 April
4• Place of Birth: Christchurch
5• Zodiac Sign: Aries - and this week, you will meet a dark mysterious stranger.... pfft yeah right
6• Male or Female: male
7• Grade: Year 12
8• School: RHS
9• Occupation: administrator for tunnelMUSIC, McDonalds, Student Rep on the BOT, budding young DJ and on the team for Chch North Elim Youth Services
10• Residence: Halswell
11• MSN Screen Name: tunnelMUSIC

♥ Your Appearance ♥

12• Hair Color:blonde/brown
13• Hair Length: shortish
15• Weight: i forget
16• Height: 5ft 1
17• Braces?: nope
18• Glasses?: nope
19• Piercings: nope
20• Tattoos: nope
21• Righty or Lefty: Righty

♥ Your 'Firsts' ♥

22• First best friend: Riley
23• First Award: hockey sportsmanship trophy
24• First Sport hockey
25• First pet: 2 cats named puss
26• First Real Vacation: to Queensland
27• First Concert: John Butler Trio
28• First Love: uve never loved til u have loved God so, God is ur answer

♥ Favorites ♥

29• Movie: Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, Blood Diamond
30• TV programme: Simpsons, Parkinson and BLACK BOOKS
31• Color: Maroon
32• Rapper: KJ-52
33• Band/singer: Underoath, Demon Hunter, Jars of Clay, POD, Haste the Day, Sunburn and Mona Vale Falls
34• Song Right Now: moonlite - Falling Up
35• Friends: i have so many good mates and they all rock!
36• Sweets: Rockets
37• Sport to Play: Hockey
38• Restaurant: Subway
39• Favorite brand: NOTW
40• Store: Manna
41• School Subject: Media Studies and Classics
42• Animal: probably dogs actually, they r cool
43• Book: the Bible, Heads autobiography and the prayer of jabez
44• Magazine: soul purpose
45• Shoes: just shoes

♥ Currently ♥

46• Feeling: cruisy
47• Single or Taken?: Single
48• Have a crush: nah
49• Eating: Nothing
50• Drinking: Nada
51• Typing: this quiz and msn
52• Online?: nah
53• Listening To: been listening to jars of clay
54• Thinking About: lol i wont start, u will be here all day
55• Wanting To: start writing my mag, do my show on UGM
56• Watching: The computer monitor and people in the library
57• Wearing: school clothes

♥ Your Future ♥

58• Want Kids?: Yea
59• Want to be Married?: Yea
60• Careers in Mind: Radio DJ and editor for tunnelMUSIC
61• Where do you want to live: Christchurch fo' life!
62• Car: vw convy

♥ Which is Better With The Opposite Sex ♥

63• Hair color: I don’t really care
64• Hair length: I don’t really care
65• Eye color: dont mind
66• Measurments: lol i really dont know considering i am short
67• Cute or Sexy: Cute., maybe? i really dont care
68• Eyes or lips: umm...pass?
69• Hugs or Kisses: hugs, definetly
70• Short or Tall: dont mind, but i am short..
71• Easygoing or serious: Easy-going
72• Romantic or Spontaneous: lol spontaneous, i dunno
73• Fatty or Skinny: ?? dunno, not anoexic tho
74• Sensitive or Loud: either
75• Hook-up or Relationship: Relationship for sure
76• Sweet or Caring: Both
77• Trouble Maker or Hesitant One: Don't really mind.

♥ Have you ever ♥

78• Kissed a Stranger: nope
79• Had Alcohol: Yea.
80• Smoked: Nope
81• Ran Away From Home: Yes, when i was little, for 5 mins.
82• Broken a bone: no
83• Got an X-ray: Yea
84• Been In Love: Yea
85• Broken Someones Heart: sadly...
86• Broke Up With Someone: Yea
87• Cried When Someone Died: Yea
88• Cried At School: Yea

♥ Do You Believe In ♥

89• God: yeah man! course!
90• Miracles: Yea
91• Love At First sight: depends, prefer to get to know them..
92• Ghosts: i thought i saw 1 at dads so i dunno
93• Aliens: No
94• Soul Mates: Yea
95• Heaven: Yea
96• Hell: yup
97• Angels: Yep
98• Kissing on The First Da