A Perfectly Imperfect Preemie Mom

In her openly candid memoir, A Perfectly Imperfect Preemie Mom, Dawn Kim-Romo unveils her heartfelt tale of becoming a new mother to a premature baby. Kim-Romo recounts the painful emotions and struggles she endured as her son fought for his life in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Evoking emotions of joy and sadness, hope and despair, fear and confidence, and guilt and redemption, her story provides an authentic, heart-wrenching glimpse into the life of two parents of a fragile baby, while offering readers comfort and hope for restoration. A Perfectly Imperfect Preemie Mom begins with a narration of the true timeline of Kim-Romo's introduction to preemie motherhood. From its auspicious beginning to the heartbreaking day she left her baby behind in the NICU, she shares the heavy realities of becoming a preemie mom. Her all-too-common experiences are delicately recorded-her burdens of self-blame, personal inadequacies, the fear of missing out, and that desperate need to know "why" leap off the pages with stark emotion. The first half of her story ends on an anxiously optimistic note, describing readjustment to life once her baby comes home from his twenty-eight day NICU stay. In the second half of her book, Kim-Romo imparts the priceless life lessons she learned as a preemie mom. With years of spiritual introspection and deep reflection behind her, she guides readers along her tortuous and personal path toward spiritual awakening and healing. From a deeply Christian perspective, Kim-Romo provides her take on God's goodness and His promises for her life-peace, hope, fearlessness, identity, and unfailing love. Generously uplifting and incredibly vulnerable, A Perfectly Imperfect Preemie Mom inspires preemie parents to embrace self-compassion and remember that they are not alone.