Jan 11, 2008
Location: Loudon, Tennessee, Ya'll
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As often is the case, I will be thinking of you throughout the day today in everything I do. Karen, I noticed that in today’s letter, that you said, “I’m becoming closer to God even though I am still angry…” it reminded me of Edgar Guest: “Often we wonder in our grief what is gained by our belief? Although night, and morning we pray, still our joys are swept away. And loved ones we would keep, with the dead are called to sleep. None is wise enough to say why the wicked seem to stay, and the beautiful and good leave before we think they should. But if death seemed always just, soon in God we’d cease to trust. If for evil, death were meant as a bitter punishment; should the wicked only die, then heaven we seek on high. Having none we long to see would a fearful religion be. It is only by belief we are comforted in grief; it is only by our trust that the God we love is just. That we bear divinely planned. Grief’s we cannot understand.” Edgar A. Guest Our hearts are with you all. God bless the James family. Happy Birthday, lovely little Leah!
Jan 11, 2008
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGEL LEAH!!! We will also be releasing 8 purple balloons today for your birthday - we miss you soo much and (as you know) pray to you every night to watch/guide us and especially watch over your mommy daddy and sister Kylie. I can just picture you sitting on Jesus's lap with all the angels around you singing Happy Birthday to you. . . Nathan and Sammie are sharing a birthday party at pump-it-up and have requested donations to Leah's Happy Hearts instead of presents, they want to honor their beautiful cousin and we all want to spread your message of always having a happy heart, no matter what your circumstances. You have touched sooo many people in your short life and I know you are helping to guide your mommy daddy and sister and also helping them to strenghten their relationship with our Lord - whom you get to hang out with -- how cool is that!!! One day we will all be together in Heaven with our Happy Hearts!!!
We Love you- Aunt Kris, Uncle Herb, Nathan and Sammie
Jan 11, 2008
Your URL: http://caringbridge.org/visit/jessicarandall
Location: Marshall, VA USA
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Good morning to Leah's family. I am writing today to let you all know that I'm thinking of Leah today as she celebrates her birthday up in Heaven. I have lit an extra candle and placed it next to Jessica's.
~Heide
m/o ^Jessica^; forever 17
Jan 11, 2008
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Just wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday Angel Leah. This is a special day to recognize an absolutely beautiful creation of God. We were all blessed to be a part of Leah James' life when she was with us. Leah, I hope you are eating the most delicious peice of birthday cake while God and all the other angels are singing Happy Birthday to you. I want to thank you for guiding me toward my faith. You inspire me.
Love, Mr. Paul
To the James Family,
Just wanted to add my thoughts are always with you and my heart goes out to you all. Whatever you need whenever you need it, I'll be there.
Love, Paul
Jan 4, 2008
Your URL: http://www.caringbridge.org/mi/sammijean
Location: Wyandotte, MI
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Karen, I saw the video...what a wonderful story to tell. I can't imagine what you are going thru but we are thinking of you and praying and hoping that something happens to help these children. You are a part of that. Here's what Sam wrote on her caringbridge page yesterday.
Soooo, 2008. I really hope it's a little better than 2007...not just for me. For every baby, kid, and teenager diagnosed with a brain tumor. They suck, I've said it before and I'm saying it again! Even if it's benign...it isn't possible for it to just vacate someones brain easily...in almost all cases, there's going to be some kind of lifelong side-effects. A lot of kids I know have lived with their brain tumor for years because there is so much risk in taking them out. And unless something is done, they will never be able to be taken out. We need better treatments, and more cures! We need treatments that cure everyone that gets a brain tumor. This year, will the fundings for research be cut even more or will we find a cure? I've begun seeing commercials saying that by the year 2009, there will be a new law saying that every TV in the country has to be digital...HELLO?? How can people be worrying about digital TV's when kids are dying and suffering from a disease that doesn't have enough research going into it? I haven't seen any laws saying that by 2009 it will be unlawful for a teenager to die before her first kiss or for a baby to have to learn to crawl two, or three time over!
Take care and know there are so many people out here that love you. People like us who have never even met you!!!
Love, Ellen and Sammi
Jan 3, 2008
Location: Canton
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Good Morning Karen
Just stopping by to say hello and let you know that I am thinking of you. I remember last year when you described how hard it was to take down your Christmas tree so I want to remind you that I am here if you need to talk. I know that Leah's birthday is approaching and I will be thinking of her and sending her a message on a purple balloon. I hope you realize how much your journaling has helped so many other families. I have learned not to take one minute for granted that I have with my family as I know it could and can change in a second. Prayers for peace, comfort, and some birthday signs from Leah.
Love,
Stephanie
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Dec 28, 2007
Your URL: www.caringbridge.org/visit/skylarjademaxson
Location: Monticello,Indiana
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Stopping in to let you know I am here praying for your strength and comfort this holiday season~I feel your pain as I too have tried to get through this first Christmas without my little angel Skylar~Jade ~she became an angel just 4months ago from "this" terrible monster! I miss her so much!!sometimes I cannot even breathe~~it is so wrong that they are gone from us~~my heart will forever pray for these children and their families~I will come visit you again~~YOU WILL FOREVER BE IN MY HEART AND PRAYERS~~LOVE AND BLESSINGS~~CONNIEJO (Angel Wings Remembers)mommyto SKYLAR~JADE "the Angel in Heaven's Rainbow Garden" 4ever4
www.myspace.com/angelsforskylarjade
www.caringbridge.org/visit/skylarjademaxson
http://tuesdayschild.homestead.com/SkylarJade.html
http://tuesdayschild.homestead.com/SkylerJPhotos.html
www.rememberedbyus.com (to light her an eternal candle)
www.icouldbeyourchild.org (to learn about DIPG children)
www.skylar-jade.virtual-memorials.com (my newest work in progress for her)
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~~~**Christmas Without You**~~~
It's going to be a sad Christmas this year
without your laughter & without your cheer.
I'll miss the sight of you with your Santa's hat,
and the smile you shared from where you sat.
I'll think about all the Christmas's in the past,
and hold to the memories that slipped so fast.
For they're all I have left to remember,
on this sad Christmas morning in December.
I'll think about you and cherish each thought;
I'll think of your smile & the happiness it brought.
And as I listen to the church bells ring,
your voice will echo as the choirs sing.
I can never tell you, my child, how sad it will be
to spend Christmas without you here.
I just wish you'd touch my heart in such a way,
that I could live through the pain of Christmas Day.
And, help me to remember that your love
is still sent to me from the Heavens above.
And although you won't help decorate the Christmas tree,
Your "spirit" will light the lights for us to see.
Oh, I'll hear your voice in each Christmas song.
I'll see your face in each child that comes along.
And although my heart will be broken and torn...
I'll know you're with Jesus on this Christmas morn.
No, Christmas won't be the same without your smiling face
but I know you're in a much better place.
I'll think of my precious child in everything I do...
Cause, it just won't be... Christmas without" You"
Dec 28, 2007
Your URL: www.tangledwishes.com
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I really wanted to be able to attend the event, but they found out that I have a blockage in my carotid artery and I am awaiting surgery (and put on all sorts of restrictions). I wish you and your family much peace and yes, joy. Leah would want you to feel that again. I know that is easier to say than to feel or accept. Just know that many of us pray that you again find that.
Recipe for Joy
Seek joy, first and foremost.
Seek reasons to laugh.
Seek reasons to offer words of praise to self and others.
Seek beauty in nature, beasts and other humans.
Seek reasons to love. In every segment of every day — look for something that brings forth within you a feeling of love.
Seek that which uplifts you.
Seek opportunities to offer that which uplifts another.
Seek a feeling of Well-being.
Know that your value can only be measured in terms of Joy.
Acknowledge your absolute freedom to do any of these things or to not do any of these things — for it is, without exception, your choice in every moment of every day. Love and Light,
Kristy
"Where you now stand is a result of thoughts and feelings that you have offered before, but where you are going is a result of your perspective of where you now stand." Abraham-Hicks
Dec 26, 2007
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Merry Christmas. That was a beautiful video. I had never heard Leah's little vioce before.
That video got me thinking: Did Leah watch Veggie Tales? Because in Madam Blueberry, They had a song that said, "...Because a happy heart is a thankful heart. I'm glad for what I have that's an easy way to start..." Maybe that is where she got that beautiful expression.
I keep you all in my prayers everyday, and I think of you often.
May YOUR heart be happy,
Katie.
Dec 25, 2007
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Hi! I will pray for you today. Merry christmas.
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