Sep 3, 2026 · 11 min · 7 segments
The full circle moments in this one are hard to believe. Ten days before the birth, Michael had reluctantly done a fundraiser for the Miracle Babies Foundation, a charity he’d never heard of. When he…
Michael CrosslandGuestKnucklesHost
And in that moment, like I said, it taught me a great sense of understanding that the quality of one's life is not the amount of days we live on this earth, but it's about what we fit into those days.
And Having the orphanage in Haiti was a beautiful thing for our heart, for my wife and I.
To have that connection with kids and we just so longed to be parents was so beautiful.
parents.
So we went down the very tough IVF path and after many, many years of navigating through that space and, you know, thinking like we tried back in 2014 or 15 and then got crook in 2016, we're just so lucky and so blessed that we didn't fall pregnant during that period of my illness and then...
And then we find out in 2017 that after many, many rounds and losses and heartache along the way that my wife was pregnant.
And like it was on TV and everyone was talking about it and it was really wild and it was super exciting and we were delighted to share with the world that this beautiful miracle baby was happening.
And in that moment, like I said, it taught me a great sense of understanding that the quality of one's life is not the amount of days we live on this earth, but it's about what we fit into those days.
And Having the orphanage in Haiti was a beautiful thing for our heart, for my wife and I.
To have that connection with kids and we just so longed to be parents was so beautiful.
parents.
So we went down the very tough IVF path and after many, many years of navigating through that space and, you know, thinking like we tried back in 2014 or 15 and then got crook in 2016, we're just so lucky and so blessed that we didn't fall pregnant during that period of my illness and then...
And then we find out in 2017 that after many, many rounds and losses and heartache along the way that my wife was pregnant.
And like it was on TV and everyone was talking about it and it was really wild and it was super exciting and we were delighted to share with the world that this beautiful miracle baby was happening.
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