Today marks one year since Faith grew her wings. Steve and I spent the day in the Great Smokey Mountains. We walked through the town of Gatlinburg and saw 50 JUMBO bumble bees! Then we headed to the National Park welcome center and learned about a trail we could walk. We took traveled along a motor trail and were supposed to stop and hike a mile to a waterfall. WELL...I am way out of shape, plus there isn't as much oxygen up there:) So we just continued on the motor trail. We saw several butterflies. Yellow Swallowtails, an orange butterfly, a mini purple butterfly, and some cabbage butterflies. It was so beautiful and peaceful. We were close to nature and all that God created. It gave me an overwhelming sense of peace about the loss of our precious daughter. We miss her everyday.
The ability to talk about her and raise awareness in her memory have helped us so much in our journey of grief. Don't get me wrong, we definately have our down days. But it has all helped to make this Angel Day "easier" than it might have been otherwise. With Miss Peanut on the way, we hope that we can continue being so active in awareness. Faith's sister will be there cheering us on and helping to raise awareness.
Our last awareness activites for Faith (till the baby is born) will be in May and then not again until October (possibly August when the CDH families whose children were born or cared for at the University of Michigan, host dinner at the Ronald McDonald House of Ann Arbor). On May 9th, 2009 Steve will be running in the 5/3 River Bank Run in Grand Rapids, MI. He is running the 25K in memory of Faith. The next day is Mother's Day and that Monday, May 11th is a blood drive in memory of Faith at our church, Cornerstone United Methodist Church, Caledonia, MI.
Thank you to all of you who lifted us up in prayer on this day. I know that your prayers helped us find peace on this sad day in our lives. We love you all and cannot express how much you all mean to us!
With Faith, Hope, and Love,
Amy, Steve, ^Faith^, and Miss Peanut
We will post some beautiful pictures later!
3 comments:
You were all day in my thoughts and prayers Amy!
Both of your girls are so blessed to have you as parents...but you don't need me to tell you that!
Keep the updates coming on Miss Peanut!
Stacey
Brianna and Angel Ethan's mommy
We are thinking about you and your baby angel Faith. She will be watching over her little sister and will always know how loved she is.
Do keep us updated on Miss Peanut. And Amy, you look great!
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