(This is an excerpt from an e-mail I received from Maria about her son Michael Conrad. It is a follow-up from her post about her son Brian Christopher which can be found here. Thank you for sharing both of these stories with us, Maria.)
You had posted our story about our Angel Brian Christopher…. I have been wanting to email you and let you know about our life since then.
After losing my son in the hospital, I spent 30 days in the hospital. Unfortunately, due to all the damage they caused to my body and all the complications, I was advised by numerous specialists that if I ever did get pregnant again, and IF i made it past three months, the pregnancy would most likely be fatal to the baby and me. My husband and family demanded I give up. Anyhow, exactly one year after losing my son, we received a phone call from my Husbands childhood friend. They have a family of 4 boys and were devastated when they heard what happened to us. Craig and his wife discussed it in length and offered to be our gestational carrier. We were speechless. Of course we accepted. The first attempt failed but the second attempt resulted in our miracle son Michael Conrad who is turning 5 in July. We honored her by giving Michael her maiden name as his middle name and they are his God Parents. WE are so grateful to have our little man Michael, but we will always miss Brian Christopher.
Thank you for listening. Mothers Day was so bittersweet… It always takes weeks to recover spending it at the cemetary and trying to explain to Michael why his big brother is in heaven….. 
