Help Me Help You

A sister friend said to me that because I focused on helping my child, instead of spreading myself all over the place, I was able to help others. I had such an abundance of milk that I was pumping almost a gallon of milk per day while Ayinde was in the NICU. This meant that I was filling up freezers all over the place, including a deep freezer in my home. Luckily, I stumbled upon a Yahoo group created for mothers who wanted to donate breastmilk without going through a milk bank. I donated milk to families in Detroit, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. I was afraid that God blessed me with so much milk because Ayinde would not be able to nurse at the breast. But I was blessed so that I could share with others. I had no idea that I would be so emotionally attached to my breastmilk. Each time I cleared out my freezer and donated the milk, I cried. White gold is what they call it.