Born Too Soon
Four months premature.
Each weighed 1 pound, 2 ounces, less than some soda bottles.
Now, 21 years later ...
Born Too Soon
Four months premature.
Each weighed 1 pound, 2 ounces, less than some soda bottles.
Now, 21 years later ...
Both are completely healthy.
A miracle. No, two miracles.
Our Story
Jake & Josh Aron were born May 11, 2002,
at Medical City Hospital in Dallas.
Josh had a heart operation on his fourth day.
Two days later, Jake had a bowel operation
that doctors didn't expect him to survive.
Despite all that could've gone wrong,
BOTH beat every aspect
of their extreme prematurity.
Sharing Our Story
You can follow the unfolding story through these original emails.
Or, you can read the two-part, first-person story
written by their proud dad that ran on the AP wire
for Father's Day, 2008.
The story was honored as one of the year's best AP feature stories.
The Secret To Our Success
Pay it forward
Marching for Babies
Pay it forward
When our boys were on the road to recovery, we knew we owed a debt of gratitude ... but, to who?
March of Dimes
Marching for Babies
Pay it forward
In 2005, we learned
it was the March of Dimes.
The organization that wiped out polio is now working to give all babies a healthy start.
The more we've learned about the March of Dimes, the more committed we've become.
Marching for Babies
Marching for Babies
Marching for Babies
We've raised more than $70,000 since 2005 by Marching for Babies.
We've had a lot of fun, too,
from passing out our business cards,
to being Dallas' Ambassador Family to designing Denny Hamlin's NASCAR.