The e-mail I recieved said that:
the picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named Samuel Alexander
Armas, who is being operated on by surgeon named Joseph Bruner. The baby
was diagnosed with spina bifida and would not survive if removed from his
mother's womb. Little Samuel's mother, Julie Armas, is an obstetrics
nurse in Atlanta . She knew of Dr.Bruner's remarkable surgical procedure.
Practicing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville , he
performs these special operations while the baby is still in the womb.
During the procedure, the doctor removes the uterus via C-section and
makes a small incision to operate on the baby. As Dr. Bruner completed
the surgery on Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny, but fully
developed hand through the incision and firmly grasped the surgeon's
finger. Dr. Bruner was reported as saying that when his finger was
grasped, it was the most emotional moment of his life, and that for an
instant during the procedure he was just frozen, totally immobile. The
photograph captures this amazing event with perfect clarity. The editors
titled the picture, "Hand of Hope." The text explaining the picture
begins, "The tiny hand of 21-week-old fetus Samuel Alexander Armas
emerges from the mother's uterus to grasp the finger of Dr. Joseph Bruner
as if thanking the doctor for the gift of life." Little Samuel's mother
said they "wept for days" when they saw the picture. She said, "The
photo reminds us pregnancy isn't about disability or an illness, it's
about a little person." Samuel was born in perfect health, the operation
100 percent successful. Now see the actual picture, and it is
awesome...incredible....and hey, pass it on. The world needs to see this
one! PS Don't tell me God isn't awesome!!!!!

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.