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A Single Yellow Heart.
I never knew the power of a single yellow heart until I met my friend Jenny. Jenny knows the inside of the same pediatric cardiac care units that I do. She knows clinging to Jesus as your child is waiting on a heart transplant list. And she imagines and longs for the little voice crying out “Mama!” when she gets to Heaven, the same way I now do. As I walked out Savannah’s journey, Jenny should have had every reason to stay as far away from my family as she possibly could. I could have been called a trigger to her own. She decided, instead, that we are tougher together.…
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TWOdles.
So “Minnie” Reasons To Celebrate! [ September 25, 2021 ] Savannah Jane,Today you are two years old. Two feels so much more emotional to me than one did. At one, you were my sweet and strong baby whose personality was really just beginning to shine. Now, at two, I know you so much more. This year your Dad and I nicknamed you SJ- Stuntin’ Joy. It’s the number one thing family, friends, and even strangers stop and notice about you. You wear a smile from the very moment I scoop you out of your bed each morning. When something makes you laugh, you scrunch your nose up and throw your…
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UnFOURgettable.
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UnFOURgettable.
My sweet SJ, You are unFOURgettable. Today, but truly every day. I have wondered so many times this last year all the ways you must be changing. What does your voice sound like? How long has your hair gotten? What have you learned? Does your one eyebrow still lift when you make that mischievous smirk? Do you still throw your head back and shriek with joy when you laugh? What does it take to make you laugh like that at this age? Are you the jokester of Heaven I imagine you are, spreading joy like you did here? I’ve wondered too what pieces of our lives you have caught glimpses…
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TWOdles.
