Photo of a Minnesota Preemie Baby With Huge Smile Goes Viral

The mother of the baby pictured below, wrote that her daughter's big smile showed she “was happy to be alive.”

Lauren Vinje posted the photo on the 'Love What Matters' Facebook page on Sunday with the message, "Our first daughter at five days old. 3 lbs. 14 oz., she was happy to be alive! This picture was one I looked at often to get me through the ups and downs of our NICU days. Life is so precious."

It has been shared over 50,000 times.