First, I want to thank MomsRising for allowing me space on your blog. I am a mom of two great kids, Madeline (4) and Eli (19 months). I want to share why I am passionate about why health reform needs to work for kids and how I got involved in the Speak Now for Kids campaign. When my daughter was 10 months old, she was diagnosed with four congenital heart defects that basically put her heart into failure. Had she been born three years prior, Madeline would not have survived. As you can imagine, it felt as if our world was crashing down. We had no idea what to expect or the details of Madeline’...