Zhohn and I have been visiting CaringBridge Pages since 2004...we have rallied and prayed for these children, we have kept up with their lives, and we have mourned them like they were members of our own family.
It's early here in Louisiana as I write this, and the first news I got when i woke up was that precious Maddie passed away at 3:19am on February 2nd. The news literally knocked the breath out of me and a large lump developed in my throat as tears streamed down my face. Heaven now has a Princess, dancing and singing... and more importantly, smiling and pain free.
I remember when my first CaringBridge boy passed away... Amazing Jacob... I took it so hard, all I could do was cry and pray for his family. Then, little Jake Owen Raborn passed away and Zhohn and I both decided to get busy and start supporting some causes... Most of you know the rest of the story after that.
As I sit here this morning, I imagine Maddie's smile... and I think of how wonderful Heaven must be now that there's a Princess dancing through the streets of gold.
Please keep Maddie's family in your prayers...and also dont forget to ask blessings upon all of the Doctors and Nurses and other staff members of St. Jude. It's people like them that give families the strength to march forward into a horrible battle.
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I find it so incredible that you and I are following the same children and their stories. Children neither one of us has ever met. I think I happened upon my first caringbridge site about 3 or 4 years ago and, through that site, found child after child...each with their own incredible story. Isn't it amazing how connected you feel to families and children you have never met?
"What a Glorious Day That Will Be... no more sickness, no pain.." I know Maddie (and MANY others) are enjoying Heaven! It's not the kids we have to pray for it's the loved ones that must now live without them. I'm so glad that I "stumbled" upon Caringbridge years ago, sometimes I wonder how my life would be if I hadn't.
It seems as though as these kids pass away the more I want to do and I know you feel the same way. We have to come up with some things. But for SURE we're going to Monroe in June and Memphis again in December-GO TEAM JAKE! lol. We screamed that enough!
TTYL,
Zhohn
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