This is probably the most exciting and the most difficult post to write each year. FOUR years ago today, our daughter received the most amazing gift. The gift of LIFE. Not of eternal life—we know that gift comes from JESUS as we just celebrated. But no, a gift of life here on Earth, of extra […]
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3 Years Ago Today….
April 9th, 2011…. It’s a day forever etched in my memory. I’d gone to bed on April 8th a broken, battered woman. Not physically, but my heart was so worn and weary that I might as well have been. Laying in a twin bed at the Ronald McDonald House, I’d laid there, exhausted and hopeless, […]
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Annabelle’s 1st Valentines Day, February 2011. Yup, we’d taken her swing to the hospital. She LOVED it… although all her cords were so heavy that usually it barely was able to swing since the cords tugged on it. Goodness.. she was my sweet blue baby! LOVE HER! A good day. Woke up to flowers and […]
Heart Day
Picture of Annabelle’s (own) Heart, 2/2011 One year ago today… A family was saying goodbye to their child, experiencing the most unimaginable pain I can ever think of. And at the same time, our family was preparing to receive the 2nd most precious gift we could ever imagine. A heart for Annabelle. April, 2011, post […]
In Remembrance….
Her name was Sarah. She was a twin, and she had just the sweetest, most optimistic parents you’ve ever met. I remember sitting in the family waiting area and her mom and dad were in there talking, and they said, “She lasted a few hours off ECMO this time before they had to put her […]